Thought
Idea, Ideology
noun
The concept you think about is your thoughts. It is your ideas. As a group, they form your ideology.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. You haven't learned the on'yomi for 思 yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
All your thoughts and ideas are about sheep (し) right now. You just can't stop thinking about sheep. Are you thinking about sheep right now? What kind of sheep are they?
思想を伝える
to convey one's ideas, to convey one's thoughts
思想を持つ
to have an ideology, to have thoughts
思想を学ぶ
to learn an ideology, to learn a concept
思想が生まれる
an idea is born, an ideology is born
思想がちがう
to have different ideas, to have different ideologies
思想がある
to have an ideology
コウイチの思想にはついていけません。
I can't follow Koichi's thoughts.
きのう、ニュースを見ていたら、ビエトが思想犯としてたいほされたニュースが出て本当にびっくりしたよ。
When I was watching the news yesterday, I was so shocked that it said Viet was arrested for thoughtcrimes.
コウイチはトーフグの創始者であり、近代日本を代表する啓蒙思想家である。
Koichi is the founder of Tofugu and one of the great modern Japanese thinkers.