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記憶

きおく

memory

Mnemonic

Everything from back then is still filed in the same oak おく box at the back of the drawer as 奥, and all of it still sharp: きおく.

Worth knowing

The stored thing. 覚える おぼえる is the act of putting it there.

Built from

record, write down
言 speech + 己 self
recollection
忄 heart + 意 thought

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