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思う

おもう

to think

Mnemonic

The thinking gets done in the chest here rather than the head. Moe おも leans on the bar working something out and still has not ordered: おもう.

Worth knowing

What you feel or reckon, without working at it. 考える かんがえる is thinking a thing through on purpose.

Built from

think
田 field + 心 heart

Words sharing these kanji

to recollect, to recall strange, wonderful unintentionally, involuntarily thought thinking, thought recollections, memory

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