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careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
部下の人事について思案した。
I pondered over my subordinate's personnel matter.
小説の結末について思案に暮れた。
She was lost in thought about the novel's ending.
海外移住の思案の末、家族で日本に残ることを決めた。
After much deliberation about moving abroad, he decided to stay in Japan with his family.