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思索 — meaning in English

shisaku

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English meaning

  • meditation noun A practice of calming and focusing the mind, often through breathing or quiet reflection.
  • think verb To use one's mind to consider, reason about, or form an opinion.
  • thought noun An idea or mental image formed in the mind.

Senses

思索 is used for these senses in English:

  • meditation A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
  • think (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
  • thought (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
  • thought (uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.

meditation — full definition

  1. noun A practice of calming and focusing the mind, often through breathing or quiet reflection.
  2. noun Deep, thoughtful reflection on a subject.

think — full definition

  1. verb To use one's mind to consider, reason about, or form an opinion.
  2. verb To hold an opinion or belief.
  3. verb To remember or call to mind.

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