冥想

Chinese

dark; deep
 
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
simp. and trad.
(冥想)
variant forms 瞑想

Pronunciation


Verb

冥想

  1. to be lost in thought; to fantasize
    合目冥想   hémù míngxiǎng   close one's eyes and daydream
  2. to meditate

Noun

冥想

  1. fantasy; imagination; daydream
    沉入冥想   chénrù le míngxiǎng   to be engrossed in a fantasy, in one's imagination
  2. meditation

Japanese

Kanji in this term
めい
Grade: S
そう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Coined in the Meiji period.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

冥想 (hiragana めいそう, rōmaji meisō, historical hiragana めいさう)

  1. meditation (thinking)

Verb

冥想する (hiragana めいそうする, rōmaji meisō suru, historical hiragana めいさうする)

  1. to meditate (ruminate)

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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