Word Meaning 思案

しあん shian

思案 is read as しあん (shian) and means careful thought.

Meaning

English

  1. careful thought
  2. consideration
  3. deliberation
  4. reflection
  5. rumination
  6. pondering

Reading

Kana

しあん

Romaji

shian

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 8758 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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思案投首

しあんなげくび

being at one's wit's end

思案顔

しあんがお

pensive (or worried) look on one's face

思案に余る

しあんにあまる

to be at wit's end

思案に暮れる

しあんにくれる

to be lost in thought

こけの後思案

こけのあとじあん

hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool)

鼻先思案

はなさきじあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking

鼻元思案

はなもとじあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking

咽元思案

のどもとじあん

superficial way of thinking

色事は思案の外

いろごとはしあんのほか

love and reason do not go together

恋は思案の外

こいはしあんのほか

love is without reason