🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

想像力

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sōzōryoku

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Imagination/ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #950 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"芸術的想像力が素晴らしい作品を生み出す。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses, especially in creative contexts.

    "The surrealist painting requires a great deal of imagination to fully appreciate."
  2. 2

    The ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful.

    "She showed immense imagination in solving the complex architectural design problem."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'imaginatio', meaning a mental image or concept, stemming from the verb 'imaginari' (to picture oneself, to imagine). It entered the English language in the late Middle English period via Old French, retaining its core connotation of the faculty of forming mental images of what is not present or actual.

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