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思索

しさく

contemplation, speculation

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Examples

  1. 静かに思索にふける。

    しずかにしさくにふける。

    I quietly lose myself in contemplation.

  2. 思索を深める時間がほしい。

    しさくをふかめるじかんがほしい。

    I want time to think things through more deeply.

  3. 彼は長い散歩の間、思索を重ねた。

    かれはながいさんぽのあいだ、しさくをかさねた。

    He turned the question over in his mind during his long walk.

  4. この本は人生についての思索の記録だ。

    このほんはじんせいについてのしさくのきろくだ。

    This book is a record of one man's reflections on life.

Common patterns

思索にふける
to be absorbed in thought
思索を深める
to deepen one's reflection
思索的な
reflective, contemplative

Memory tip

思索 is unhurried, open-ended philosophical reflection with no deadline. 思考 is thinking as a mental process, and 検討 is the practical review you do before a decision.

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