• 念ねん

  sense, idea, thought, feeling

• 念頭ねんとう

  (on one's) mind, heed

• 念願ねんがん

  one's heart's desire, one's dearest wish

• 念力ねんりき

  willpower, faith

• 念書ねんしょ

  written pledge, signed note of assurance, memorandum, legal instrument

• 念仏ねんぶつ

  nembutsu, nianfo, the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha

• 通念つうねん

  common idea, common wisdom, generally accepted idea

• 丹念たんねん

  painstaking, careful, meticulous, scrupulous, detailed, elaborate

• 無念むねん

  regret, chagrin, mortification

• 祈念きねん

  prayer

• 懸念けねん

  worry, fear, anxiety, concern

• 残念ざんねん

  regrettable, unfortunate, disappointing, vexing

• 理念りねん

  (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights), foundational principle, idea, conception (e.g. of the university), doctrine, ideology

• 記念きねん

  commemoration, celebration, remembrance, memory, honoring the memory of

• 断念だんねん

  abandoning (hope, plans), giving up

• 観念かんねん

  idea, notion, concept, conception

• 執念しゅうねん

  tenacity, persistence, obsession, implacability

• 疑念ぎねん

  doubt, suspicion, misgivings, scruples

• 概念がいねん

  general idea, concept, notion

• 信念しんねん

  belief, faith, conviction

• 専念せんねん

  absorption, giving undivided attention, devoting oneself (to)

• 入念にゅうねん

  careful, elaborate, scrupulous

• 余念よねん

  another idea

• 念入りねんいり

  careful, scrupulous, thorough, conscientious, elaborate, deliberate, attentive

• 新概念しんがいねん

  new concept

• 正念場しょうねんば

  critical moment, do-or-die situation, critical juncture

• 記念碑きねんひ

  commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone), stone monument (bearing an inscription)

• 記念日きねんび

  memorial day, commemoration day, anniversary

• 念のためねんのため

  just to make sure, just to be sure, for confirmation

• 天然記念物てんねんきねんぶつ

  natural monument

• 念誦ねんじゅ

  invocation

• 念動ねんどう

  telekinesis, psychokinesis

• 念波ねんぱ

  telepathy, thought waves

• 念話ねんわ

  telepathic communication

• 念校ねんこう

  the very final proof (printing)

• 念珠ねんじゅ

  rosary, string of prayer beads

• 念々ねんねん

  continually thinking about something

• 念写ねんしゃ

  spirit photography, psychic photography, thoughtography

• 失念しつねん

  forgetting, lapse of memory

• 妄念もうねん

  conviction based on flawed ideas, obstructive thought

• 雑念ざつねん

  idle thoughts, worldly thoughts

• 憶念おくねん

  (a) thought one will never forget, something one will always remember

• 悪念あくねん

  evil thought, malicious motive, spite

• 邪念じゃねん

  wicked thought, wicked mind

• 欲念よくねん

  desire, wish, passion

• 二念にねん

  two ideas

• 凝念ぎょうねん

  concentration of thought

• 怨念おんねん

  deep-seated grudge, hatred

• 放念ほうねん

  setting one's mind at ease, not feeling that one need be concerned (about something), feeling free to disregard (something)

• 一念いちねん

  determined purpose