しのぶ・偲ぶshinobu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to be nostalgic for
   ミサは、食たべたり飲のんだりしてイエスキリストを偲しのぶカトリックの儀式ぎしきだ。↗

   Mass is a Catholic ceremony of remembering Jesus Christ by eating and drinking.
2. godan verb, transitive verbto imagine; to guess; to infer

• Synonym回想かいそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Recalling things from one's past, as in 「回想シーン」. 「偲ぶ」 adds the feeling of fondly missing and yearning for someone.
• Synonym想起そうきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Bringing the past to mind, as in 「過去を想起する」. It lacks the nostalgic longing that 「偲ぶ」 expresses.
• Synonym回顧かいこWrittenWritten/formal prose. Looking back over the past, as in 「回顧録」; it can carry personal feeling, but 「偲ぶ」 centers on fond remembrance and longing.
• Synonym追憶ついおくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Recalling bygone days with a wistful, sentimental tinge; close in feel to 「偲ぶ」.
• Synonym追懐ついかいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Cherishing the memory of departed people and past events; rare in use, and close to 「偲ぶ」.
• Related思い出すおもいだすNeutralThe most general-purpose word for recalling something; it lacks the fond, admiring feeling of 「偲ぶ」.
• Related思い起こすおもいおこすNeutralRecalling something to mind; it can also mean rousing one's spirits. Leans neutral, with no nostalgic feeling.
• Related思い浮かべるおもいうかべるNeutralBringing something to mind as an image, as in 「顔を思い浮かべる」; the emphasis is on the picture formed in the mind.
• Related思い返すおもいかえすNeutralThinking back on the past; it can also mean changing one's mind. It has none of the fond, admiring feeling of 「偲ぶ」.
• Related回視かいしWrittenWritten/formal prose. Looking back on the past, or looking around at one's surroundings; very rarely used.
• Antonym忘れるわすれるNeutralTo forget, as in 「名前を忘れる」 — the opposite of the fond remembrance of 「偲ぶ」.

To simply recall something, use 「思い出す」. Use 「偲ぶ」 to fondly remember or cherish the memory of a departed person or of the past, as in 「故人を偲ぶ」 and 「昔を偲ばせる」. In written or formal prose, 「追憶」 is the word for recollecting the past; to forget, use 「忘れる」.

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1. 過ぎ去すぎさったこと、離はなれている人ひとのことを密ひそかに慕したう。