物忘れ・物忘|ものわすれmonowasure[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Which spelling to use
物忘れ物忘れ is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use it when writing the word.
物忘物忘 is a less common kanji-only variant with irregular okurigana. Learners will usually encounter 物忘れ instead.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbforgetfulness
    最近さいきん、物忘ものわすれが激はげしくて。少すこしボケてきたのかな?↗
    Could I be going soft in the head? I forget things so easily these days.
Conjugation
Dictionary form物忘れする(ものわすれする)
Polite (masu)物忘れします(ものわすれします)
Negative (nai)物忘れしない(ものわすれしない)
polite (masen)物忘れしません(ものわすれしません)
classical zu / nu物忘れせず・物忘れせぬ(ものわすれせず・ものわすれせぬ)
Past (ta)物忘れした(ものわすれした)
polite (mashita)物忘れしました(ものわすれしました)
Past negative (nakatta)物忘れしなかった(ものわすれしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)物忘れしませんでした(ものわすれしませんでした)
Te form物忘れして(ものわすれして)
Potential物忘れできる(ものわすれできる)
Passive物忘れされる(ものわすれされる)
Causative物忘れさせる(ものわすれさせる)
Causative passive物忘れさせられる(ものわすれさせられる)
Conditional (ba)物忘れすれば(ものわすれすれば)
tara物忘れしたら(ものわすれしたら)
Volitional物忘れしよう(ものわすれしよう)
polite (mashou)物忘れしましょう(ものわすれしましょう)
Imperative物忘れしろ(ものわすれしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym健忘けんぼうWrittenWritten/formal word for being prone to forgetting; in medicine it also names amnesia, the loss of episodic or semantic memory.
  • Related忘れっぽさCasualColloquial word for the quality of being forgetful; stresses the habit of often forgetting things.
  • Antonym記憶きおくNeutralMemory — keeping things in mind rather than forgetting them; the direct opposite of 「物忘れ」.

For forgetting things, often with age, use 「物忘れ」, as in 「最近物忘れがひどい」; 「健忘」 is the written/formal and medical term; 「忘れっぽさ」 is the colloquial trait; the opposite is 「記憶」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 記憶きおくしていた物事ものごとを忘わすれること。
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