"考え" meaning in Japanese

See 考え in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kã̠ŋɡa̠e̞] Forms: 考え [canonical] (ruby: 考(かんが)), kangae [romanization], kangafe [romanization], かんがへ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 考(かんが)える (kangaeru, “to think”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|考える|かんがえる|to think|pos=}} 考(かんが)える (kangaeru, “to think”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|考える|かんがえる|to think}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 考(かんが)える (kangaeru, “to think”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|かんがえ|hhira=かんがへ}} 考(かんが)え • (kangae) ^(←かんがへ (kangafe)?)
  1. thought
    Sense id: en-考え-ja-noun-uBkjU6OY Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Thinking Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 11 42 12 35 Disambiguation of Thinking: 35 32 9 24
  2. opinion Synonyms (opinion): 意見 (iken) (ruby: 意(い), 見(けん))
    Sense id: en-考え-ja-noun-Q3kQWspA Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thinking Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 35 26 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 38 19 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 11 42 12 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 37 20 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 38 19 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 45 11 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 69 7 17 Disambiguation of Thinking: 35 32 9 24 Disambiguation of 'opinion': 0 95 5
  3. idea
    Sense id: en-考え-ja-noun-rgqa0yJ8 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 35 26 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 29 38 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 38 19 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 11 42 12 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 37 20 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 38 19 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 考える (kangaeru) (ruby: 考(かんが)) (english: to think), 考慮 (kōryo) (ruby: 考(こう), 慮(りょ)) (english: consideration), 熟考 (jukkō) (ruby: 熟(じゅっ), 考(こう)) (english: consideration), 思案 (shian) (ruby: 思(し), 案(あん)) (english: thinking)

Verb

IPA: [kã̠ŋɡa̠e̞] Forms: 考え [canonical] (ruby: 考(かんが)), kangae [romanization]
Etymology: 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 考(かんが)える (kangaeru, “to think”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|考える|かんがえる|to think|pos=}} 考(かんが)える (kangaeru, “to think”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|考える|かんがえる|to think}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 考(かんが)える (kangaeru, “to think”). Head templates: {{ja-verb form|かんがえ}} 考(かんが)え • (kangae)
  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 考える (kangaeru) [ichidan]
    Sense id: en-考え-ja-verb-8DHgTfXP Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Thinking Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 35 26 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 38 19 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 11 42 12 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 37 20 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 38 19 34 Disambiguation of Thinking: 35 32 9 24
     
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 考える (kangaeru)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imperfective",
          "未然形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "stem (or continuative) forms",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "考える",
          "考える#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 考える (kangaeru) [ichidan]"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かんがえ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kã̠ŋɡa̠e̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "考え"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 考え meaning in Japanese (4.7kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "考え"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "考え",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "考え"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "考え",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "考え"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "考え",
  "trace": ""
}

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