JLPT N5 vocabulary
思う: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
おもう2Nakadaka · falls inside
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon
- to think of doing, to plan to do
- to judge, to assess, to regard
- to imagine, to suppose, to dream
- to expect, to look forward to
- to feel, to be in a state of mind, to desire, to want
- to recall, to remember
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 思う | 思 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 思 | 思 |
| Polite presentます形 | 思 | 思 |
| Polite pastました形 | 思 | 思 |
| Te-formて形 | 思 | 思 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 思 | 思 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 思 | 思 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 思 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 思 | 思 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 思 | 思う |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 思 | 思 |
| Passive受身形 | 思 | 思 |
| Make / let使役形 | 思 | 思 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 思 | 思 |
Example sentences
外国に行こうと思っている。
I'm thinking I'll go abroad.
明日は雨が降るだろうと思う。
I think it will probably rain tomorrow.
入院した祖母を思うだに涙が出る。
Just thinking of my hospitalized grandmother brings tears to my eyes.