How to say "thoughts" in Japanese

• 感想かんそうJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers 'thoughts' as the impressions, feelings, or reactions one forms after seeing, reading, or experiencing something. This is the ordinary word for asking or offering someone's thoughts on an event, book, or performance.
  ゲームについてのご感想かんそうは？↗

  How did you feel about the game?
• 所感しょかんCommon
  nounAlso means impressions, thoughts, feelings, and opinions, but it has a formal, written flavor, typical of reports or official statements. For everyday spoken 'thoughts,' this one is seldom the word you want; 感想 is usually the better choice.
  彼女かのじょは戦争せんそうについて所感しょかんを述のべた。↗

  She expressed her sentiments on the war.

For 'thoughts' in the sense of reactions or impressions after an experience, both words work, with 感想 the everyday choice and 所感 the more formal, written-sounding one.

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• 感想かんそうimpressions
• 所感しょかんimpressions
• 意いfeelings
• 思し召しおぼしめしthoughts
• 所思しょしthoughts
• 頭の回転あたまのかいてんthoughts
• インプレimpression (of a new product, etc.)