考える
Kana: かんがえる
to think; to consider
Example sentence
この問題について考えるのは大切です。
このもんだいについてかんがえるのはたいせつです。
It's important to think about this problem.
What 考える means
考える (かんがえる) is a Japanese word meaning “to think; to consider”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.