空そら覚おぼえ

noun

learning by heart; memorization

Refers to committing something to memory, often through repetition. Can imply rote learning.

• 英えい単たん語ごを空そら覚おぼえするのは効こう率りつが悪わるい。

  Memorizing English words by rote is inefficient.

• 彼かれは教きょう科か書しょを空そら覚おぼえして試し験けんに臨のぞんだ。

  He memorized the textbook and took the exam.

noun

faint memory; vague recollection

Used when one has only a dim or uncertain memory of something. Often contrasted with うろ覚え, which implies a hazy or unreliable memory.

See also: うろ覚え

• その話はなしは空そら覚おぼえしかない。

  I have only a faint memory of that story.

• 空そら覚おぼえで答こたえたら、間ま違ちがっていた。

  I answered from a vague recollection and got it wrong.