- おもわれる
- 思われる
to seem
to appear* * *おもわれる【思われる】〔推測される〕 ⇒おもえる.●雨が降りそうに思われる. It looks like rain. | It looks as if it's going to rain.
・それが実情だったと思われる. It looks as if that is how it was [the way things were]. | There is reason to believe that that was the situation.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.