JLPT N4 vocabulary
考える: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
かんがえる4Nakadaka · falls insidealso 3
Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Meaning
- to think (about, of), to think over, to ponder, to contemplate, to reflect (on), to meditate (on)
- to consider, to bear in mind, to allow for, to take into consideration
- to think (that), to believe, to hold (a view), to judge, to conclude, to suspect
- to intend (to do), to think of (doing), to plan
- to predict, to anticipate, to expect, to imagine
- to come up with, to think up, to contrive, to devise
- to consider (as), to regard (as), to look on (as), to take, to view
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 考える | 考え |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 考え | 考え |
| Polite presentます形 | 考え | 考え |
| Polite pastました形 | 考え | 考え |
| Te-formて形 | 考え | 考え |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 考え | 考え |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 考え | 考え |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 考え | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 考え | 考え |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 考え | 考える |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 考え | 考え |
| Passive受身形 | 考え | 考え |
| Make / let使役形 | 考え | 考え |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 考え | 考え |
Example sentences
もう一度考えた方がいいです。
It would be better to think it over once more.
私は彼を親友の一人だと考えています。
I think of him as one of my good friends.
子供じゃあるまいしもう少し自分で考えてみない?
It's not like you're a child, why don't you try thinking by yourself a bit more?