Illustration: At a Japanese home breakfast table, a child has noticed that a crescent-shaped croissant resembles the family cat curled tightly asleep. With a suddenly delighted expression, the child brings a framed photograph of that sleeping cat to the table and holds it beside the pastry.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

連れん想そう

rensou

to associate, to call to mind

Example sentences

彼女かのじょの目めを見みると猫ねこを連想れんそうします。
Her eyes remind me of a cat.
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夏なつといえば何なにを連想れんそうしますか。
What do you associate with summer?
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その言葉ことばには不愉快ふゆかいな連想れんそうがある。
The word has unpleasant associations.
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Kanji in 連想

連take along; leadOnレンKunつらなる・つらねる・つれる
想idea; thoughtOnソウ・ソKunおもう

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