物覚え・もの覚え|ものおぼえmonooboe[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounmemory; ability to learn
   この子こは物覚ものおぼえが早はやい。↗

   The child is learning quickly.

• Synonym覚えおぼえNeutralBroader in scope than 「物覚え」: it covers memory but also a skill one is confident of, as in 「腕に覚えがある」.
• Synonym記憶力きおくりょくNeutralThe ability to retain what you learn, as in 「記憶力がいい」; 「物覚え」 additionally stresses how quickly you pick up new things.
• Related記憶きおくNeutralMemory itself — the act or content of remembering, as in 「記憶にない」; it says nothing about how fast you learn or memorize.
• Antonym物忘れものわすれNeutralForgetfulness — the habit of forgetting things, as in 「物忘れが激しい」; the opposite of 「物覚え」, an ability to learn and retain.

Use 「物覚え」 for the ability to learn and remember, stressing how quickly you pick up new things, as in 「物覚えが悪い」. For pure retention say 「記憶力」; for forgetting things say 「物忘れ」.

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1. 新あたらしいことを学まなんだり、経験けいけんしたことを心こころに留とめたりする能力のうりょく。