暗記・諳記|あんきanki[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbmemorization; memorisation; learning by heartこの詩を暗記しましょう。↗Let's learn this poem by heart.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 暗記する(あんきする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 暗記します(あんきします) |
| Negative (nai) | 暗記しない(あんきしない) |
| polite (masen) | 暗記しません(あんきしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 暗記せず・暗記せぬ(あんきせず・あんきせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 暗記した(あんきした) |
| polite (mashita) | 暗記しました(あんきしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 暗記しなかった(あんきしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 暗記しませんでした(あんきしませんでした) |
| Te form | 暗記して(あんきして) |
| Potential | 暗記できる(あんきできる) |
| Passive | 暗記される(あんきされる) |
| Causative | 暗記させる(あんきさせる) |
| Causative passive | 暗記させられる(あんきさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 暗記すれば(あんきすれば) |
| tara | 暗記したら(あんきしたら) |
| Volitional | 暗記しよう(あんきしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 暗記しましょう(あんきしましょう) |
| Imperative | 暗記しろ(あんきしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym覚えるおぼえるNeutralThe most common word for remembering or learning something; 「暗記」 is the narrower term for being able to recite it without looking at the text.
- Synonym覚えこむおぼえこむCasualColloquial word for memorizing something firmly or mastering it, as in 「手順を覚えこむ」; the emphasis is on how well it sticks.
- Related記憶きおくNeutralRefers to what is remembered or to memory itself, as in 「記憶に残る」, and also to data storage; 「暗記」 is specifically memorizing by heart.
- Antonym忘却ぼうきゃくWrittenA written, formal word for forgetting something completely; the direct opposite of 「暗記」.
Use 「暗記」 when you memorize something so you can recite it without looking at the text. For remembering in general, say 「覚える」; for what is remembered or memory itself, 「記憶」; the opposite is 「忘却」.
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