Meaning of 想像 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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想像JLPT 3
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Kana Readingそうぞう
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Romajisōzō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- imagination; guess
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Example Sentences
想像, そうぞう used in context
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もし電気がないと、私たちの暮らしがどのようなものになるか想像できますか。
Can you imagine what our lives would be like without electricity?
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大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。
I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.
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I imagined my first kiss would be more romantic.
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「ひょっとして、今まで気づいてなかったのですか」「いや、まぁ・・・。想像の埒外だったもんで・・・」
Did you possibly not notice until just now? "Er, well ... it was just so beyond my imagination that ..."
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Take a moment to imagine what the polar bear's environment is like.
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She is not such a girl as you imagine.
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