覚
覚

memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up

12 strokesFrequency 710JLPT N2Grade 4

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カク

Kun

おぼ.えるさ.ますさ.めるさと.る

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覚えるおぼえる憶えるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #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

感覚かんかくNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #867
1

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

Examples
私は指に感覚が無かった。
I had no feeling in my fingers.
覚悟かくごNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #898
1

readiness; (mental) preparedness

Examples
兵士たちは故国のために死ぬ覚悟が出来ていた。
The soldiers were ready to die for their country.
2

resolution; determination

3

resignation (to one's fate)

自覚じかくNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #1773
1

self-consciousness; self-awareness

Examples
あなたは自分の責任を自覚しなければならない。
You should awake to your responsibilities.
目覚めるめざめる目醒めるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #2181
1

to wake up; to awake

Examples
私はこんなに早く目覚めたことはない。
I've never woken up this early.
2

to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to become conscious of; to realize

3

to come to one's senses

悟る覚るさとるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #2300
1

to perceive; to sense; to become aware; to notice; to detect; to discern

Examples
彼はついに自分の誤りを悟った。
At last, he realized his error.
2

to understand; to comprehend; to realize

Examples
彼はドイツ語で自分の言いたいことを伝えるのは難しいと悟った。
He found it difficult to make himself understood in German.
3

Buddhism

to attain enlightenment

目を覚ます目をさますめをさますExpressionGodan verbFreq #2367
1

to wake up

Examples
目覚し時計で、私は７時に目を覚まします。
The alarm clock wakes me at seven.
2

to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

覚えおぼえNounFreq #2412
1

memory; sense; experience

Examples
どこかであなたにお会いした覚えがあります。
I remember seeing you somewhere.
見覚えみおぼえNounFreq #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.
目が覚める目がさめるめがさめるExpressionIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #3652
1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to snap out (of a day dream, etc.)

Examples
私は夜中に３度目が覚めた。
I awoke three times in the night.
2

to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

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