念: to study

 

念 niàn

verb
: to read; to study (a degree course); to read aloud
: to miss (someone); idea; remembrance
: twenty (banker’s anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)

Kun Reading

おもう omou

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to think; to consider; to believe
: to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
: to judge; to assess; to regard
: to imagine; to suppose; to dream
: to expect; to look forward to
: to feel; to desire; to want
: to recall; to remember

ねんじる nenjiru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to have in mind; to be anxious about; to pray silently

 Usage:

念書[书] nian4shu1: to read/study
[ねんしょ nenshou: written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum]

念頭[头] nian4tou: thought; idea; intention [ねんとう nentou: mind]

念佛 nian4fo2: to pray to Buddha; to chant

念經[经] nian4jing1: to recite or chant Buddhist scripture

念叨 nian4dao: to talk about often; to discuss; to reminisce

念日 nian4ri4: memorial day; commemoration day

念咒 nian4 zhou4: to chant a magic spell; to recite incantations

留念 liu2nian4: to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly

紀[纪] 念ji4nian4: to commemorate; to remember
[きねん kinen: commemoration; memory]

紀念品 ji4 nian4 pin3: souvenir
[記念物 | きねんぶつ kinenbutsu: souvenir; memento]

[記念日 | きねんび kinenbi: holiday; anniversary; memorial day]

概念 gai4nian4: concept; idea [がいねん gainen]

想念 xiang3nian4: to miss; to remember longingly; to long to see again
[そうねん sounen: thought; idea; conception]

觀[观]念 guan1nian4: notion; thought; concept; ideology

信念 xin4nian4: faith; belief; conviction [しんねん shinnen]

思念 si1 nian4: to think of; to long for; to miss [しねん shinen: thought]

掛[挂]念 gua4 nian4: concerned; miss

Japanese common Word | expression | idiomatic expression
残念 | ざんねん zannen: deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment

残念ながら | ざんねんながら zannen nagara
: I’m afraid to say; I’m sorry to say; unfortunately

残念なことに | ざんねんなことに zannen na kotoni
: unfortunately

一念発起 | いちねんほっき ichinen hokki
: being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention

一念天に通ず | いちねんてんにつうず ichinen ten ni tsuuzu
: Faith will move mountains

念頭におく| ねんとうにおく nentou ni oku
: to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

念には念を入れよ | ねんにはねんをいれよ nenni wa nen o iruyo
: make assurance double sure

馬の耳に念仏 | うまのみみにねんぶつ uma no mimi ni nenbutsu
: praying into a horse’s ear: not heeding what others say; in one ear and out the other

思う念力岩をも通す | おもうねんりきいわをもとおす omou nenriki iwa o mo toosu
: Where there is a will, there is a way

女の一念岩をも通す | おんなのいちねんいわをもとおす onna no ichinen iwa o mo toosu
: Women will have their wills

Chinese idiom
念念不忘 nian4 nian4 bu4 wang4
: to keep in mind constantly

不念舊惡[旧恶] bu4 nian4 jiu4 e4
:do not recall old grievances (from Analects): forgive and forget

殊深軫[轸]念 shu1 shen1 zhen3 nian4
: extreme solicitude: expressing the deepest condolences; to feel deeply concerned