(と〜) thinking that […] (with the next clause explaining that the truth is contrary to expectations)

to seem, to appear

continuative of the passive of 思う (omou); continuative of 思われる (omowareru)

(as と思われ) (2channel slang) Synonym of と思う (to omou)

in my opinion; I think; I guess; upon thought; upon reflection; upon contemplation / conceivably; presumably

as one wishes, in a way that one wants

an order, command, decree / (historical) in ancient China, a regional governor or magistrate / (historical) in the early Meiji period, the forerunner of a 知事 (chiji, “prefectural governor”)

act, law, ordinance, rule / law, ordinance, regulation / (obsolete) admonition, teaching / honorific prefix added before a term of kinship to show respect to someone else's relative

a female given name

(law, historical) an administrative and civil code developed during the Qin dynasty that was, alongside the 律 (ritsu), spread throughout East Asia especially Japan where it was further revised into the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system