と思う (to omou)

Related patterns11

Similar

でしょう
と思おもう owns the opinion, and you stand by it. でしょう instead states it as a plain likelihood, with no owner.
はずがない
ないと思おもう files a mild opinion ("I don't think so"). はずがない rules it out completely, with real grounds behind it.
気きがする
と思おもう owns the judgment, and you can be asked why. 気きがする admits it is only a feeling with no grounds.
という
The same と sits over a finished plain form. 言いう lands in someone's mouth, 思おもう in the speaker's own head.
と考かんがえられる
と思おもう names who is judging, and that person answers for it (私わたしは失敗しっぱいだと思おもう). と考かんがえられる drops the thinker, presenting the conclusion as what the evidence shows.
と思おもわれる
と思おもう owns the opinion as yours, plainly (私わたしはそう思おもう). と思おもわれる distances the speaker, reading as a general impression instead (そう思おもわれる).

Lookalikes

Same meaning15

probably; might; should be

だろうprobably; I suppose (plain style)attaches at
でしょうprobably; I suppose; right?attaches at
はずだshould; ought to; is supposed toattaches at
かもしれないmight; may possiblyattaches at
かなI wonder; maybe (wondering aloud)attaches at
かねないcould well (and it wouldn't be good); there's a real chance thatattaches at
まいsurely won't; I shall never — the classical negative of だろう and of （よ）うattaches at
ないとも限かぎらないyou can't rule out that it will happen; it may happen anywayattaches at
に違ちがいないmust be; surely is (a confident conclusion)attaches at
に決きまっているof course it is; is bound to be — treated as beyond argumentattaches at
に相違そういないbeyond doubt; there is no doubt that (written, formal)attaches at
恐おそれがあるthere is a danger that; is at risk of (something unwelcome)attaches at
そうもないshows no sign of; doesn't look like it willattaches at
と考かんがえられるit can reasonably be concluded that; is to be regarded asattaches at
ような気きがするI have a feeling that; it seems to me thatattaches at

All examples5

I think that — your own opinion or judgment

この映画えいが、君きみも気きに入いると思おもうよ。
kono eiga, kimi mo ki ni iru to omou yo.
I think you'll like this movie too. casual
値段ねだんの割わりに品質ひんしつはいいと思おもう。
nedan no wari ni hinshitsu wa ii to omou.
For the price, I think the quality is good. neutral
この計画けいかくには見直みなおしが必要ひつようだと思おもいます。
kono keikaku ni wa minaoshi ga hitsuyou da to omoimasu.
I believe this plan needs to be reconsidered. formal

believes; has been thinking — held over time, required for someone else's belief

彼かれは自分じぶんのやり方かたが正ただしいと思おもっている。
kare wa jibun no yarikata ga tadashii to omotte iru.
He believes his way of doing things is right. neutral
いつか九州きゅうしゅうに住すみたいと思おもっています。
itsuka kyuushuu ni sumitai to omotte imasu.
I've been thinking I'd like to live in Kyushu someday. neutral

How it's formed3

All forms4

って思おもうtteomoucolloquial
味あじわうって思おもう
quotative と relaxes to って in casual speech — 無理むりだって思おもった。

negativeと思おもわないtoomowanai
味あじわうと思おもわない
pastと思おもったtoomotta
味あじわうと思おもった
politeと思おもいますtoomoimasu
味あじわうと思おもいます

Notes

What comes before stays fully plain, だ included (便利べんりだと思おもう, never
便利べんりと思おもう). Negate inside the quote (行いかないと思おもう); そうは思おもわない
instead reads as pushback.