think

(rice field) + (bottomheart)
★★★★★
9 strokes

Onyomi

SHI

Mnemonic

SHE's so into rice, when she thinks about a paddy, her heart starts racing.

Kunyomi

( ) おも*う To think (BOOBOO: 思う should not be confused with the other 'think' (考える (かんがえる)). 思う is like, "I think your Moms is the source of the fungus." "I think the theater is over there." 考える is more like thinking to solve a problem: thinking about physics or math.
★★★★★

Jukugo

思い出す(おもいだす)

remember ★★★★★
(think) + (pull out / hand over) = 思い出す (remember)

to remember something

This word uses the particle を (even though plain ole' 思う uses !!)

(BOOBOO: don't do like me and spend 3 years confusing 思い出す with 覚える、 which means 'to memorize.')

思い出(おもいで)

a memory ★★★★☆
(think) + (pull out / hand over) = 思い出 (a memory)

a specific memory (BOOBOO : GENERAL memory - as in, "I'm losing my memory!" - is a different word : 記憶 (きおく))

思い出せない(おもいだせない)

I don't remember ★★★☆☆
(think) + (pull out / hand over) = 思い出せない (I don't remember)

Used In

Synonyms

discreet, prudent
弁える    慎重    思慮深い    用心   
memorize vs. remember
覚える    思い出す   
memory
思い出    記憶   
mysterious, odd
妙な    奇妙な    不思議   
mystery, mysterious, weird
謎    不思議    ふかかい
spaced-out, forgetful, absent-minded
忘れっぽい    ぼんやりしてる 忘れる    思い出すせない   
systematic, methodical
系統    体系てきに    慎重に考える    思料深い    数量化   
wish
希望    意思    願い    野心    望み    志す