冥想

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Verb

冥想

  1. to be lost in thought; to be in deep thought; to be in a reverie
    合目冥想  ―  hémù míngxiǎng  ―  to close one's eyes and daydream
    沉入了冥想  ―  chén rù le míngxiǎng  ―  to be engrossed in a fantasy, in one's imagination
  2. to meditate

Synonyms

  • (to be lost in thought):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冥 想
めい
Grade: S 		そう
Grade: 3
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
瞑想

Etymology

Coined in the Meiji period[1] from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 瞑 (mei, “closing one's eyes”) +‎ 想 (sō, “to think, to contemplate”).

First attested in the 1881 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophical Dictionary”) compiled by 井上哲次郎 (Inoue Tetsujirō).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

冥(めい)想(そう) • (meisō) ←めいさう (meisau)?

  1. [from 1881] meditation, contemplation (thinking)

Verb

冥(めい)想(そう)する • (meisō suru) ←めいさう (meisau)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem 冥(めい)想(そう)し (meisō shi), past 冥(めい)想(そう)した (meisō shita))

  1. to meditate, to contemplate (ruminate)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "冥想する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 冥想し めいそうし meisō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 冥想し めいそうし meisō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 冥想する めいそうする meisō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 冥想する めいそうする meisō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 冥想すれ めいそうすれ meisō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 冥想せよ¹
冥想しろ² 		めいそうせよ¹
めいそうしろ² 		meisō seyo¹
meisō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 冥想される めいそうされる meisō sareru
Causative 冥想させる
冥想さす 		めいそうさせる
めいそうさす 		meisō saseru
meisō sasu
Potential 冥想できる めいそうできる meisō dekiru
Volitional 冥想しよう めいそうしよう meisō shiyō
Negative 冥想しない めいそうしない meisō shinai
Negative continuative 冥想せず めいそうせず meisō sezu
Formal 冥想します めいそうします meisō shimasu
Perfective 冥想した めいそうした meisō shita
Conjunctive 冥想して めいそうして meisō shite
Hypothetical conditional 冥想すれば めいそうすれば meisō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

See also

  • マインドフルネス (maindofurunesu)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “冥想”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
冥想

Noun

冥想 • (myeongsang) (hangeul 명상)

  1. hanja form? of 명상 (“meditation”)
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