Meaning

Primary

Forgotten Item

Alternatives

Something Forgotten, Forgotten Thing, Lost Property

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Remember how 忘れる is "to forget"? Well, a thing you've forgotten is a forgotten item.

Reading

わすれもの
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

You didn't learn this reading with the kanji , but you did learn it with the vocabulary 忘れる. What was (わす) that reading again? You can't remember! It's become a forgotten item!

Context

Context Sentences

私は忘れ物が多い。

I forget things a lot.

これ、誰かの忘れ物じゃない?

Isn't this something someone forgot?

今日何か忘れ物をしたような気がするんだけど、それが何だったかをどうしても思い出せないんだよな。

I feel like I forgot something today, but I just can’t remember what it is.

Kanji Composition