考え出す・考えだす|かんがえだすkangaedasu[5]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
考え出す考え出す（かんがえだす） is the more common written form of this word and is written with kanji and kana.
考えだす考えだす（かんがえだす） is a less common written form, but it is the form beginners are advised to use; it is also written with kanji and kana.
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 考え出す（かんがえだす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 考え出します（かんがえだします） |
| Negative (nai) | 考え出さない（かんがえださない） |
| polite (masen) | 考え出しません（かんがえだしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 考え出さず・考え出さぬ（かんがえださず・かんがえださぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 考え出した（かんがえだした） |
| polite (mashita) | 考え出しました（かんがえだしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 考え出さなかった（かんがえださなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 考え出しませんでした（かんがえだしませんでした） |
| Te form | 考え出して（かんがえだして） |
| Potential | 考え出せる（かんがえだせる） |
| Passive | 考え出される（かんがえだされる） |
| Causative | 考え出させる（かんがえださせる） |
| Causative passive | 考え出させられる（かんがえださせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 考え出せば（かんがえだせば） |
| tara | 考え出したら（かんがえだしたら） |
| Volitional | 考え出そう（かんがえだそう） |
| polite (mashou) | 考え出しましょう（かんがえだしましょう） |
| Imperative | 考え出せ（かんがえだせ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym発明はつめいNeutralNeutral: inventing something new; leans toward technology and patents. Colloquially also heard as the verb 「発明する」.
- Synonym編み出すあみだすNeutralNeutral: carefully working out a new method or technique, as in 「必殺技を編み出す」.
- Synonym案出あんしゅつWrittenWritten and formal: devising a new plan or scheme. Synonymous with 「考え出す」 but with the stiff flavor of official documents.
- Related作り出すつくりだすNeutralNeutral: to create or produce something; leans toward products or situations, as in 「新市場を作り出す」, rather than ideas.
- Related考案こうあんWrittenWritten and formal: devising or inventing a new device or method, as in 「新製品を考案」.
- Related創作そうさくNeutralNeutral: literary or artistic creation; leans toward original works. Not used for ordinary ideas.
- Related捻り出すひねりだすCasualColloquial: racking your brains to come up with something; also used for scraping together money or time, as in 「費用をひねり出す」.
For coming up with ideas or solutions, 「考え出す」 is the default, as in 「新しい方法を考え出す」. Use 「ひねり出す」 when you rack your brains, 「編み出す」 for a technique you have worked out, and 「発明」 for inventing something new.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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