暗あん記き

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暗記する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	暗あん記きする	暗あん記きしない
Polite	暗あん記きします	暗あん記きしません
Past polite	暗あん記きしました	暗あん記きしませんでした
Past	暗あん記きした	暗あん記きしなかった
Te-form	暗あん記きして	暗あん記きしないで
Desire	暗あん記きしたい	暗あん記きしたくない
Potential	暗あん記きできる	暗あん記きできない
Passive	暗あん記きされる	暗あん記きされない
Causative	暗あん記きさせる	暗あん記きさせない
Causative passive	暗あん記きさせられる	暗あん記きさせられない
Volitional	暗あん記きしよう
Polite volitional	暗あん記きしましょう
Imperative	暗あん記きしろ	暗あん記きするな
Conditional	暗あん記きすれば	暗あん記きしなければ
Tara conditional	暗あん記きしたら	暗あん記きしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

memorization; learning by heart

Commonly used for committing facts, vocabulary, or procedures to memory, often through repetition. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

英えい単たん語ごを暗あん記きするのは大たい変へんだ。
Memorizing English vocabulary is tough.
彼かれは歴れき史しの年ねん号ごうを全ぜん部ぶ暗あん記きしている。
He has memorized all the historical dates.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を暗あん記きで覚おぼえるto learn something by rote memorization
英えい単たん語ごを暗あん記きで覚おぼえるのは大たい変へんだ。
Memorizing English vocabulary by rote is tough.
暗あん記きに頼たよるto rely on rote memorization
テスト前まえは暗あん記きに頼たよりすぎないほうがいい。
It's better not to rely too much on rote memorization before a test.
暗あん記きが苦にが手てだto be bad at memorizing things
彼かれは暗あん記きが苦にが手てで、いつも試し験けん前まえに苦く労ろうする。
He's bad at memorizing things and always struggles before exams.

Kanji

暗darkness, disappear, shade
記scribe, account, narrative
諳memorize, recite from memory

Related words

記き憶おくN3
記憶 refers broadly to memory or information stored in the mind, while 暗記 specifically means the deliberate act of memorizing something.
覚おぼえるN5
覚える is the general verb for 'to remember' or 'to learn', while 暗記する emphasizes rote memorization through repetition.
暗あん唱しょうN1
暗記 refers to memorizing something in general, while 暗唱 specifically means reciting that memorized text out loud.
宙ちゅう
暗記 is the act of memorizing something, while 宙で describes performing or reciting it from memory after it has already been memorized.

Opposites

理り解かいN3
理解 means understanding the meaning or logic behind something, in contrast to 暗記, which is memorizing without necessarily understanding it.

Don't confuse with

暗あん唱しょうN1
暗唱 means to recite something aloud from memory, whereas 暗記 refers to the act of committing it to memory in the first place.

Word family

丸まる暗あん記き
rote memorization; rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing
暗あん記き力りょく
memorization ability; power of memory
暗あん記き物もの
subject requiring memorization; rote-learning material
棒ぼう暗あん記き
rote memorization; learning by heart without understanding

Written forms

暗あん記きUsage100%
Standard kanji form; high priority.
諳あん記き
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 暗 (dark, unseen) and 記 (record, write down), suggesting committing something to memory without looking. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with memorization.