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憶
憶
16 strokes
Frequency: 1324
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

recollection
think
remember

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
オク

Common Words

想う
おもう
憶う
念う
Transitive
Godan verb
Freq #20
1

想う has connotations of heart-felt

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon

Examples
晴れだと思うよ。
I think it will be sunny.
2

to think (of doing); to plan (to do)

3

to judge; to assess; to regard

Examples
状況は深刻だと思いますか。
Do you regard the situation as serious?
4

to imagine; to suppose; to dream

Examples
我々が思っているほどには、それほど我々は幸福でもなければ、不幸でもない。
We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.
5

to expect; to look forward to

6

to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want

7

to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love

8

to recall; to remember

おぼえる
憶える
Transitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #274
1

to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember

Examples
あなたが知っている事を全部彼に話す事を覚えておいてください。
You must remember to tell him all that you know.
2

覚える only

to learn; to pick up; to acquire

Examples
日本語は外人にとって覚えにくい。
It is hard for foreigners to learn Japanese.
3

覚える only

to feel

Examples
その音楽には本当に感動をおぼえた。
That music really gets me.
4

覚える only

to think; to regard

きおく
~する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #613
1

memory; recollection; remembrance

Examples
私はその日の記憶を呼び覚まそうとした。
I tried to call on my memories of that day.
2

Computing

memory; storage

みおぼえ
Noun
Freq #3375
1

memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition

Examples
彼は彼女に見覚えがある。
He knows her by sight.
おくびょう
憶病
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #6146
1

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

Examples
彼がああ臆病だとは思わなかった。
I did not think he was so timid.
臆測
おくそく
~する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #11675
1

guess; speculation; supposition

きおくりょく
Noun
Freq #12924
1

memory; ability to remember

Examples
彼はよい記憶力をもっている。
He has a good memory.
きおくそうしつ
Noun
~の Adj.
Freq #15132
1

loss of memory; amnesia

Examples
彼は記憶喪失で悩んでいる。
He is suffering from loss of memory.
記憶に無い
きおくにない
Expression
~い Adj.
Freq #15794
1

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

記憶を辿る
きおくをたどる
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #25932
1

to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

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