見み覚おぼえのある

expression, noun-modifying (irregular)

familiar-looking; one remembers seeing

Used before a noun to say that something looks familiar or that one has seen it before. Often implies a vague recollection rather than a clear memory.

• あの人ひとはどこかで見み覚おぼえのある顔かおだ。

  That person has a face I feel I've seen somewhere before.

• この絵えには見み覚おぼえのある風ふう景けいが描えがかれている。

  This painting depicts a landscape that looks familiar.