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記憶 (きおく, kioku) Japanese meaning: memory | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Conjugation 記憶する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 記き 憶おく する 記き 憶おく しない Polite 記き 憶おく します 記き 憶おく しません Past polite 記き 憶おく しました 記き 憶おく しませんでした Past 記き 憶おく した 記き 憶おく しなかった Te-form 記き 憶おく して 記き 憶おく しないで Desire 記き 憶おく したい 記き 憶おく したくない Potential 記き 憶おく できる 記き 憶おく できない Passive 記き 憶おく される 記き 憶おく されない Causative 記き 憶おく させる 記き 憶おく させない Causative passive 記き 憶おく させられる 記き 憶おく させられない Volitional 記き 憶おく しよう Polite volitional 記き 憶おく しましょう Imperative 記き 憶おく しろ 記き 憶おく するな Conditional 記き 憶おく すれば 記き 憶おく しなければ Tara conditional 記き 憶おく したら 記き 憶おく しなかったら
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き
憶おく
は
とても
正せい
確かく
だ
。
His memory is very accurate.
I clearly remember the events of that day.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 の 記き 憶おく がある to have a memory of something
I have memories from my childhood.
記き 憶おく を 失うしな う to lose one's memory
He lost his memory from the shock of the accident.
記き 憶おく に 残のこ る to remain in one's memory; to be memorable
That scenery still remains in my memory.
記き 憶おく を 取と り 戻もど す to recover one's memory
He regained his memory while in the hospital.
Expressions 記き 憶おく が 飛と ぶ to forget everything; to lose one's memory; to black out 記き 憶おく にない not in one's memory; have no recollection of 記き 憶おく を 辿たど る trace one's memory; search one's mind; recall Kanji 記 scribe, account, narrative 憶 recollection, think, remember Related words· 12 思い出 is a cherished or nostalgic memory, while 記憶 is a neutral term for any recollection, good or bad.
暗記 refers to the act of memorizing something by heart, while 記憶 is the resulting memory itself.
覚え is a casual, everyday word for recollection or impression, while 記憶 is the more formal, general term for memory.
記憶 is the stored memory itself, while 想起 is the mental act of bringing that memory back to mind.
Show 8 more 記憶 is the general, neutral word for memory or remembering, while 銘記 is a formal expression implying a deliberate effort to keep something firmly in mind.
記憶 is the general word for memory or recollection of any kind, while 見覚え narrows the idea to the specific sense that you have visually seen something or someone before.
記憶 refers to a memory or the general act/content of remembering, while 記憶力 specifically means the mental capacity or power to remember things.
Don't confuse with 記録 means a written record or documented data, whereas 記憶 refers to a mental memory, though both share the kanji 記.
記憶する means to memorize or store information in memory, while 思い起こす means to retrieve a memory that is already stored.
記憶 (memory) and 記述 (written description) share the kanji 記 but mean completely different things.
Word family· 49 memory; ability to remember
main memory; main storage
mass storage
real storage; physical memory
Etymology Compound of 記 (ki, 'to record') and 憶 (oku, 'to remember'). The combination conveys the concept of recording and retaining in the mind.
覚おぼ
える
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記憶する is a more formal, technical term for storing information in memory, while 覚える is the everyday word for remembering or memorizing.
記憶 is the native Japanese term for memory used in both everyday and technical contexts, while メモリー is a loanword that sounds more modern or is often limited to computing.
記憶する is a formal, technical term for storing something in memory, whereas 思い出す is the everyday verb for bringing it back to mind.
記憶 is a general term for memory as stored information, while 回想 emphasizes the act of actively recalling and reflecting on past events.
記憶する means simply to memorize, while 記す in phrases like 心に記す adds the nuance of deliberately impressing something into one's mind.
Show 5 more mnemonic; memory method
mnemonics; art of memorizing; mnemonic device
storage unit; memory unit
primary memory; first memory
secondary memory; secondary storage
