かんがえる

考える

to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)

N5Common wordIchidan verb
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
to think (about, of)to think overto ponderto contemplateto reflect (on)to meditate (on)
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
to considerto bear in mindto allow forto take into consideration
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
to think (that)to believeto hold (a view)to judgeto concludeto suspect
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
to intend (to do)to think of (doing)to plan
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
to predictto anticipateto expectto imagine
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
to come up withto think upto contriveto devise
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
to consider (as)to regard (as)to look on (as)to taketo view

Conjugations

Present辞書形
考える(かんがえる)
Negativeない形
考えない(かんがえない)
Pastた形
考えた(かんがえた)
Past Negativeなかった形
考えなかった(かんがえなかった)
Te-formて形
考えて(かんがえて)

Example Sentences

「何を考えてるの?」「別に・・・」

"What are you thinking about?" "Nothin'..."

いきなり本人に誰何するのも無粋(ぶすい)と考えました。

I thought it would be boorish to challenge his identity without warning.

(いま)の、ゼッタイなんか(よこしま)なこと考えてたでしょ。

I just bet you were thinking something perverse just now.

何が原因で(かれ)を信用していないのだろうと考えてみた。

I tried thinking about why it was that I didn't trust him.

そんなことを考えながら『我輩はカモである』を再見(さいけん)しました。

Thinking about those sorts of things, I watched "Duck Soup" again.