idea/imagination

(partner) + (bottomheart)
★★★★☆
13 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

SOU

Mnemonic

Imagine a partner whose heart was the same as yours! it is SO romantic!

Jukugo

想像(そうぞう) する

imagine ★★★☆☆
(idea/imagination) + (statue / image) = 想像 (imagine)

imagine. (imaginative: そうぞうてきな)

感想(かんそう) する

impression ★☆☆☆☆
(feeling) + (idea/imagination) = 感想 (impression)

an impression of something. (like 印象, but you'd never use 感想 to mean 'first impression')

感想 includes both a factual summary of the thing as well as one's opinion of it . . .Often used in the phrase 感想文:かんそうぶん: a high-school book report.

連想(れんそうする) する

mental association ☆☆☆☆☆
(take with / inform of) + (idea/imagination) = 連想 (mental association)

to mentally associate XXX with YYY. Like your psychologist says, "Let's play a word-association game."

"Manteca"

"Yo Mama."

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
topic DAY
category,type BIG
integer, to count WOMAN
idea/imagination HEART

toDAY's topic is a BIG category: the number of WOMEN with imaginary HEARTS.

Synonyms

association
連想    関連   
assumption
期待    予想    前提    先入観   
fantasy
妄想    望み    幻想   
hallucination
幻覚    幻    幻想    幻視   
interpretation
感想    意見    印象    解釈   
love
愛    恋愛    恋    想い   
model or ideal of something
模範    理想   
speaking hypothetically
例える    想像    仮に