JapanLingo

想像そうぞう

souzou

imagination

N3

How to remember this word

When you meet 想像 in real text, pause on it once — meeting “imagination” in the wild a single time beats ten flashcard passes.

Example sentences

Example 1

juunengo no seikatsu o souzou shite mimashita.

I tried imagining my life ten years from now.

Example 2

nihon de hataraku no ga, souzou shiteita yori tanoshii desu.

Working in Japan is more enjoyable than I had imagined.