• 想像そうぞう — imagination
• 理想りそう — ideal
• 発想はっそう — idea, conception
• 感想かんそう — impression, thought
• 空想くうそう — daydream, fantasy

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想 is made of 相 (appearance, mutual) and 心 (heart). It conveys the act of thinking with the heart — imagining, feeling, or remembering something deeply.

彼のことを想おもっています。
I’m thinking about him.

想そう像ぞうしてみてください。
Please try to imagine it.