Word Meaning 思想

しそう shisou

思想 is read as しそう (shisou) and means thought.

Meaning

English

  1. thought
  2. idea
  3. ideology

Reading

Kana

しそう

Romaji

shisou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 2560 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

思想家

しそうか

thinker

思想の自由

しそうのじゆう

freedom of thought

思想界

しそうかい

world of ideas

思想警察

しそうけいさつ

thought police

思想犯

しそうはん

ideological offense

事大思想

じだいしそう

admiration of the powerful

中心思想

ちゅうしんしそう

central idea

主体思想

しゅたいしそう

Juche (North Korean political ideology)

選民思想

せんみんしそう

elitism

平和思想

へいわしそう

pacifism

反動思想

はんどうしそう

reactionary ideas

政治思想

せいじしそう

political thought

Example Sentences

10

Thoughts are expressed by means of words.

I don't support his ideas.

Tom is an extremist.

Tom believes in traditional gender roles.

Thoughts are expressed by means of words.

We express thought with language.

Yukichi Fukuzawa introduced Western ideas into Japan.

Which schools stem from Buddhist thought?

You seem to be prejudiced against ideas that come from foreign countries.

History goes on with old ideas giving way to the new.