思う
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term |
| 思 |
Pronunciation [edit]
- (Standard Japanese) Pitch Accent: おもう [2]
Verb [edit]
思う (godan conjugation, hiragana おもう, romaji omou)
Usage notes [edit]
- A pattern with which this verb is often used with is:
- (私は + ) [sentence] + (と + 思う /思っている).
- When ending in 思う, the pattern expresses opinions which the speaker holds at the time of speaking.
- When ending in 思っている, the pattern expresses opinions which the speaker has had since sometime in the past.
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of "思う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | Imperfective (未然形) | 思わ | おもわ | omowa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuative (連用形) | 思い | おもい | omoi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 思う | おもう | omou | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 思う | おもう | omou | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 思え | おもえ | omoe | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 思え | おもえ | omoe | |
| Key constructions | Passive | 思われる | おもわれる | omowareru |
| Causative | 思わせる 思わす |
おもわせる おもわす |
omowaseru omowasu |
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| Potential | 思える | おもえる | omoeru | |
| Volitional | 思おう | おもおう | omoō | |
| Negative | 思わない | おもわない | omowanai | |
| Negative continuative | 思わず | おもわず | omowazu | |
| Formal | 思います | おもいます | omoimasu | |
| Perfective | 思った | おもった | omotta | |
| Conjunctive | 思って | おもって | omotte | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 思えば | おもえば | omoeba | |