思いつく・思い付く|おもいつくomoitsuku[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea
- godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto remember; to recall
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 思いつく(おもいつく) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 思いつきます(おもいつきます) |
| Negative (nai) | 思いつかない(おもいつかない) |
| polite (masen) | 思いつきません(おもいつきません) |
| classical zu / nu | 思いつかず・思いつかぬ(おもいつかず・おもいつかぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 思いついた(おもいついた) |
| polite (mashita) | 思いつきました(おもいつきました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 思いつかなかった(おもいつかなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 思いつきませんでした(おもいつきませんでした) |
| Te form | 思いついて(おもいついて) |
| Potential | 思いつける(おもいつける) |
| Passive | 思いつかれる(おもいつかれる) |
| Causative | 思いつかせる(おもいつかせる) |
| Causative passive | 思いつかせられる・思いつかされる(おもいつかせられる・おもいつかされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 思いつけば(おもいつけば) |
| tara | 思いついたら(おもいついたら) |
| Volitional | 思いつこう(おもいつこう) |
| polite (mashou) | 思いつきましょう(おもいつきましょう) |
| Imperative | 思いつけ(おもいつけ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym考えつくかんがえつくNeutralNeutral. Arriving at an idea through deliberate thought; 「思いつく」 stresses the sudden flash of inspiration.
- Synonym思い及ぶおもいおよぶWrittenWritten/formal prose. Thinking of or considering as far as a certain point, as in 「そこまで思い及ばない」.
- Related思い浮かべるおもいうかべるNeutralNeutral. Transitive: actively picturing scenes or faces in your mind; stresses deliberate imagination.
- Related思い出すおもいだすNeutralNeutral. Recalling something you had forgotten; centers on memory, while 「思いつく」 centers on new ideas.
- Related思い返すおもいかえすNeutralNeutral. Looking back on the past or rethinking something; can also mean changing your mind.
- Antonym忘れるわすれるNeutralNeutral. To forget or lose from memory; the opposite of having something come to mind.
- Antonym失念するWrittenWritten/formal prose. Momentarily forgetting something, as in 「名前を失念する」; carries a humble nuance.
Use 「思いつく」 when an idea pops into your head; 「考えつく」 for ideas worked out by thinking, 「思い出す」 for recalling something forgotten, and 「思い浮かべる」 for picturing something in your mind; 「忘れる」 is to forget.
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