考(かんが)え事(ごと)

かんがえごと
noun
something on one's mind; thinking; worry
cognition
1. something on one's mind; thinking; worry
A matter one is thinking over or worrying about, or the state of being lost in thought.
考(かんが)え事(ごと)をしている。
I'm lost in thought.
考(かんが)え事(ごと)があって眠(ねむ)れない。
I have something on my mind and can't sleep.
考(かんが)え事(ごと)をしながら歩(ある)いていたら、降(お)りる駅(えき)を通(とお)り過(す)ぎてしまった。
I was walking along lost in thought and went past my stop.

考(かんが)える (to think) + 事(こと), with こと voiced to ごと. Almost always used with する: 考(かんが)え事(ごと)をする.

Common collocations

  • 考(かんが)え事(ごと)をする: to be lost in thought
  • 考(かんが)え事(ごと)がある: to have something on one's mind

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Compare: 悩(なや)み事(ごと) (a worry, a trouble)
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