Alternative spellings |
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思う 想う (somewhat literary) 念う (literary) 惟う (literary) 憶う (literary) 懐う (literary) |
⟨omo2pu⟩ → */əməpu/ → /omoɸu/ → /omou/
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Also appears in the Man'yōshū poetry compilation, completed c. 759 CE. There are two main theories for its ultimate derivation:
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
思う | おもう | |
Imperative (命令形) | 思え | おもえ | |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 思われる | おもわれる | |
Causative | 思わせる | おもわせる | |
Potential | 思える | おもえる | |
Volitional | 思おう | おもおー | |
Negative | 思わない | おもわない | |
Negative perfective | 思わなかった | おもわなかった | |
Formal | 思います | おもいます | |
Perfective | 思った | おもった | |
Conjunctive | 思って | おもって | |
Hypothetical conditional | 思えば | おもえば |
おもう • (omou) ←おもふ (omofu)?intransitive godan (stem おもい (omoi), past おもった (omotta))
A pattern with which this verb is often used is:
While both 思う (omou) and synonym 考える (kangaeru) can be used to mean to think, omou may include more emotional and subjective overtones, whereas kangaeru implies more analytic and objective thought.
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | おもわ | omowa | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | おもい | omoi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | おもう | omou | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | おもう | omou | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | おもえ | omoe | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | おもえ | omoe | |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | おもわれる | omowareru | |
Causative | おもわせる おもわす |
omowaseru omowasu | |
Potential | おもえる | omoeru | |
Volitional | おもおう | omoō | |
Negative | おもわない | omowanai | |
Negative continuative | おもわず | omowazu | |
Formal | おもいます | omoimasu | |
Perfective | おもった | omotta | |
Conjunctive | おもって | omotte | |
Hypothetical conditional | おもえば | omoeba |
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | おもは | omofa | |
Continuative (連用形) | おもひ | omofi | |
Terminal (終止形) | おもふ | omofu | |
Attributive (連体形) | おもふ | omofu | |
Realis (已然形) | おもへ | omofe | |
Imperative (命令形) | おもへ | omofe | |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | おもはず | omofazu | |
Contrasting conjunction | おもへど | omofedo | |
Causal conjunction | おもへば | omofeba | |
Conditional conjunction | おもはば | omofaba | |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | おもひき | omofiki | |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | おもひけり | omofikeri | |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | おもひつ | omofitu | |
Perfect tense (natural event) | おもひぬ | omofinu | |
Perfect-continuative tense | おもへり おもひたり |
omoferi omofitari | |
Volitional | おもはむ | omofamu |