Vocab Info

N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

想像(そうぞう)imagination, guess

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    The use of the power of thought to create images or ideas of things that do not or may not exist.

    1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      1.

      imagination, supposition, guess

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    想像 【そうぞう】

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      戦争(せんそう)()人々(ひとびと)()らしを想像(そうぞう)する。

      Imagining the lives of people during wartime.

      • N3

      麒麟(きりん)とは、中国(ちゅうごく)での想像(そうぞう)(じょう)動物(どうぶつ)です。

      The qilin is an imaginary creature in Chinese mythology.

      • N3

      (ぼく)私生活(しせいかつ)ですか?それは(みな)さんのご想像(そうぞう)にお(まか)せします。

      My personal life? I leave that to your imagination.

      • N3

      彼女(かのじょ)想像(そうぞう)(りょく)通常(つうじょう)(はる)かに()えていて、常人(じょうじん)には理解(りかい)(がた)(ほど)である。

      Her imagination goes far beyond the ordinary, to a degree that is difficult for ordinary people to comprehend.

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      戦地(せんち)(はい)ったカメラマン(たち)(くち)(そろ)えて、現場(げんば)想像(そうぞう)(ぜっ)する悲惨(ひさん)さだったと()べた。

      Photographers who entered the war zone unanimously stated that the scenes were beyond imagination in terms of their devastating nature.

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