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Shirimono
Kanji

Meaning: think

Other meanings: imagine, idea, recollect, conception

Kun'yomi: おも

On'yomi: そう

Example sentences

  • むかしのことをおもしていた。

    Mukashi no koto wo <b>omoidashite</b> naita.

    I cried while <b>recalling</b> things from the past.

  • かれのことをおもいながらがみいた。

    Kare no koto wo <b>omoinagara</b> tegami wo kaita.

    I wrote a letter while <b>thinking of</b> him.

  • どもころそうぞうゆうだった。

    Kodomo no koro no <b>sōzō</b> wa jiyū datta.

    The <b>imagination</b> of childhood was free.

  • そのえいわたしそうちがった。

    Sono eiga wa watashi no <b>yosō</b> to chigatta.

    That movie was different from my <b>expectations</b>.

Practice exercises

  • reading

    Answer: そう / おも

  • meaning

    Answer: think / imagine / idea

  • reading

    Answer: しそう

  • reading

    ぞう

    Answer: そうぞう

  • reading

    はっ

    Answer: はっそう

  • reading

    くう

    Answer: くうそう