考え方|かんがえかたkangaekata[5]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounway of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
   彼かれらは時間じかんに関かんしては厳格げんかくな考え方かんがえかたをしている。↗

   They have a strict idea of time.

• Synonym考えかんがえNeutralNeutral. The thoughts or ideas themselves, with a wide range — 「いい考え」. 「考え方」 is about how you think: the approach or way of thinking.
• Synonym見解けんかいWrittenWritten/formal prose. A considered view on a specific issue, as in 「政府見解」; 「考え方」 puts the weight on the way of thinking that produces a view.
• Synonym所見しょけんWrittenWritten. A view formed from observation — findings, often a doctor's, as in 「医師の所見」; 「考え方」 is a way of thinking, not an observed finding.
• SynonymオピニオンNeutralNeutral loanword for personal or public opinion, as in 「オピニオンリーダー」; it names a view held, not a way of thinking.
• Synonym意見いけんNeutralNeutral. An opinion or view on a particular matter; 「考え方」 is about how you think — the approach or way of thinking itself.
• Related意向いこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. An intention or inclination, as in 「先方の意向」; 「考え方」 is about how one thinks, not what one plans to do.
• Related主張しゅちょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A claim or stance one insists on and puts forward; 「考え方」 is the way of thinking behind it, not the claim itself.
• Related所存しょぞんFormalFormal humble language for one's own intention, as in 「努力する所存です」; 「考え方」 describes a way of thinking, not a resolve.

Use 「考え方」 for ways of thinking or approaches to problems, as in 「考え方の違い」. For ideas or notions themselves choose 「考え」; for formal views 「見解」; for opinions 「意見」; for intentions 「意向」, or the humble 「所存」.

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1. 解かいへ至いたるための手順てじゅん。解決かいけつの方針ほうしん。
2. 考かんがえの向むいている方向ほうこう、傾向けいこう。事物じぶつのとらえかた。