想像

(1) 空想にふける(indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company")(indulge in fantasies)

⇒彼は、いつ彼自身の会社を興す計画について言おうかと想像している(indulge in fantasies)

(2) 心に描く可能であると想像する(picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President")(picture to oneself)(imagine possible)

⇒私は彼を大統領として心に描くことができない(imagine possible)

(3) 特に不確かであるか仮の根拠で信じる(to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps")(to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)

⇒科学者は、大きな恐竜が沼に住んでいると仮定した(to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)

(4) 期待する、信じるまたは　看做す(expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up")(expect, believe, or suppose)

⇒彼女をすっぽかしたので、彼女は私に対して怒っていると思う(expect, believe, or suppose)

(5) 存在しない、あるいは、事実と異なる心像を形成する(form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?")(form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

⇒彼が社長である姿を想像できますか？(form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

(6) 思い描く心の中で見る(imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy")(see in one's mind)

⇒私はこの戦略の危険性が分かる(see in one's mind)