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写真記憶 (しゃしんきおく, shashinkioku) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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He has a photographic memory and can remember a page exactly after seeing it once.
It's said that having a photographic memory makes studying for exams easy.
Kanji 写 copy, be photographed, describe 真 true, reality, Buddhist sect 記 scribe, account, narrative 憶 recollection, think, remember Related words 記き 憶おく 力りょく 記憶力 is general 'memory ability', while 写真記憶 specifically refers to the vivid, detailed recall of visual information.
映えい 像ぞう 記き 憶おく 映像記憶 is a near-synonym also meaning 'eidetic memory', but 写真記憶 is more commonly used in everyday language.
Etymology Compound of 写真 (photograph) and 記憶 (memory), literally 'photograph memory'. The term is a direct calque from English 'photographic memory'.
