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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to a remembered experience or the collection of past experiences one cherishes. Often used in emotional or nostalgic contexts.

Related words

記憶 is the formal or cognitive term for stored information in the mind, while 思い出 refers to personal, often nostalgic recollections.

回想 is a literary or formal word for the act of reminiscing, whereas 思い出 is the everyday word for the memory itself.

追憶 is a poetic, old-fashioned word for wistfully recalling the past, while 思い出 is the plain, common word for a memory.

思い出 is a personal, emotional memory, while 記念 emphasizes a formal or tangible act or object commemorating something.

思い出 emphasizes nostalgic personal recollections, while メモリー (in its human-memory sense) is a more casual, loanword way to say the same thing.

Don't confuse with

思い出 is the noun for 'memory,' while 思い出す is the verb meaning 'to recall'; learners often confuse the two forms.

思い通り and 思い出 both start with 思い, but 思い出 means 'memory,' not 'as one wishes.'

思い出 means a memory or recollection, whereas 思い込み means a mistaken conviction; learners sometimes conflate them because both start with 思い.

Written forms

思おもい出でUsage92%

Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.

想おもい出でUsage6%

Alternative kanji spelling using 想, which can carry a slightly more emotional or sentimental nuance, though the meaning is the same.

思おも出いでUsage1%

search-only kanji form

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