Meaning

Primary

To Memorize

Alternatives

To Remember, To Learn, To Pick Up

Word Type

transitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means memorize so the verb version is to memorize. That shouldn't be too hard to remember, right?

Reading

おぼえる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use one of the kun'yomi readings. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

The best way to memorize and to remember something is to make up a song and play it on your oboe (おぼ). Something about playing it makes it so you can memorize anything. You're so talented.

Context

Context Sentences

私は人の顔を覚えるのが苦手です。

I am not good at remembering people's faces.

よくそんなに細かい事を覚えていますね。

How can you memorize these kinds of details?

私はワニカニを使って漢字を覚えました。

I learned kanji characters using WaniKani.

Kanji Composition