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覚える

おぼえる

to memorize

Mnemonic

Oh boy おぼ, here we go again. You go at it and at it until you can see the whole character with your eyes shut: おぼえる.

Worth knowing

Covers memorising and remembering. 思い出す おもいだす is dragging back up something you already knew.

Built from

remember, perceive
The sparks and lid from the top of 学, sat down on 見 an eye.

Words sharing these kanji

sensation readiness, resolution awareness to wake (up), to come to one's senses

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