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忘れがたい (わすれがたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

忘わすれがたい

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Meanings

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i-adjective

unforgettable; memorable

Describes an experience, person, or thing that is hard to forget, often with emotional weight.

あの旅たびは忘わすれがたい思おもい出でになった。
That trip became an unforgettable memory.
彼かの女じょの笑え顔がおは忘わすれがたい

。

Her smile is unforgettable.

Written forms

忘わすれがたい
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling.
忘わすれ難がたい
Kanji spelling using 難い; less common but still seen.

Kanji

忘forget
難difficult, impossible, trouble

Similar words

忘わすれられない
More common and direct way to say 'unforgettable'; 忘れがたい is slightly more literary and emphasizes the difficulty of forgetting.

Etymology

Compound of 忘れ (forgetting) + がたい (hard to do). The suffix がたい attaches to the masu-stem of verbs to mean 'difficult to ~', often with a nuance of emotional or moral difficulty.