also: ドわすれ
度忘れする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 度忘れする | 度忘れしない |
| Polite | 度忘れします | 度忘れしません |
| Past polite | 度忘れしました | 度忘れしませんでした |
| Past | 度忘れした | 度忘れしなかった |
| Te-form | 度忘れして | 度忘れしないで |
| Desire | 度忘れしたい | 度忘れしたくない |
| Potential | 度忘れできる | 度忘れできない |
| Passive | 度忘れされる | 度忘れされない |
| Causative | 度忘れさせる | 度忘れさせない |
| Causative passive | 度忘れさせられる | 度忘れさせられない |
| Volitional | 度忘れしよう | |
| Polite volitional | 度忘れしましょう | |
| Imperative | 度忘れしろ | 度忘れするな |
| Conditional | 度忘れすれば | 度忘れしなければ |
| Tara conditional | 度忘れしたら | 度忘れしなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
momentary lapse of memory; forgetting something one knows well
Refers to a temporary, often frustrating, inability to recall something familiar, like a name or a word. Commonly used with する to describe the act of forgetting momentarily.
I had a mental lapse and couldn't recall his name.
During the exam, I blanked on a simple kanji.
In the middle of the meeting, I completely blanked on his name.
Lately I've been having a lot of memory lapses and it's causing me trouble.