Kanji

憶

憶

recollection, think, remember

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

忄部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

オク

Nanori (Name Reading)

ぞう

Common Readings

オク

Example sentences

記憶 きおく
古い記憶を辿って、子供の頃の家を探した。

Tracing old memories, I looked for my childhood home.

蘇る よみがえる
古い記憶が鮮やかに蘇った。

Old memories were vividly revived.

憶える おぼえる
彼は幼い頃の出来事を今でも鮮明に憶えている

He still vividly remembers the events of his early childhood.

憶測 おくそく
彼の発言は、根拠のない憶測に基づいている。

His statement is based on groundless speculation.

記憶力 きおくりょく
年齢とともに記憶力が衰えてきたと感じる。

I feel that my memory has been declining with age.

衰える おとろえる
彼は年を取っても、記憶力が全く衰えていない。

Even as he gets older, his memory has not declined at all.

記憶喪失 きおくそうしつ
事故の後、彼は一時的な記憶喪失に陥った。

After the accident, he fell into temporary amnesia.

追憶 ついおく
彼は静かに少年時代の追憶にふけっていた。

He was quietly lost in reminiscences of his childhood.

Example Vocabulary

記憶

きおく

memory; recollection; storage

憶える

おぼえる

to remember; to recall; to commit to memory

憶測

おくそく

speculation; guesswork; conjecture

記憶力

きおくりょく

memory; ability to remember

記憶喪失

きおくそうしつ

amnesia; memory loss

記憶にない

きおくにない

記憶を辿る

きおくをたどる

記憶に新しい

きおくにあたらしい

追憶

ついおく

reminiscence; recollection; memory

記憶違い

きおくちがい

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