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冥想

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Chinese

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dark; deep
to think; to believe; to suppose
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
 
simp. and trad.
(冥想)
alternative forms 瞑想

Pronunciation

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Verb

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冥想

  1. to be lost in thought; to be in deep thought; to be in a reverie
    合目冥想  ―  hémù míngxiǎng  ―  to close one's eyes and daydream
    冥想  ―  chén rù le míngxiǎng  ―  to be engrossed in a fantasy, in one's imagination
  2. to meditate

Synonyms

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  • (to be lost in thought):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
めい
Grade: S
そう
Grade: 3
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
瞑想
 冥想 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Coined in the Meiji period.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(めい)(そう) (meisōめいさう (meisau)?

  1. meditation, contemplation (thinking)

Verb

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(めい)(そう)する (meisō suruめいさう (meisau)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem (めい)(そう) (meisō shi), past (めい)(そう)した (meisō shita))

  1. to meditate, to contemplate (ruminate)

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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冥想 (myeongsang) (hangeul 명상)

  1. hanja form? of 명상 (meditation)