考え（かんがえ）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 3
Meaning: thought / idea
Example sentences
- その点については、私も同じ考えだ。 — On that point, I have the same thought.
- 彼の考えはとても新しい。 — His ideas are very original.
Idioms & proverbs containing “考え”
- ものは考えよう (ものはかんがえよう) — things depend on how you look at them
- 下手な考え休むに似たり (へたなかんがえやすむににたり) — it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
- 下手の考え休むに似たり (へたのかんがえやすむににたり) — it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “考え” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)