想う has connotations of heart-felt

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon

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 be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want

to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love

to recall; to remember

thought

imagination; mind; heart

desire; wish; hope; expectation

E.g. ａ思いのｂ for 'b who loves a'

love; affection

feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

to recall; to remember; to recollect

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

wonderful; marvelous; strange; incredible; amazing; curious; miraculous; mysterious

Adverb taking the 'to' particle

strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason; curiously

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

thought; consideration; thinking

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea

to remember; to recall

memories; recollections; reminiscence

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

After past tense verb

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after

at the thought of; when I think about