JLPT N5 · Verb

覚える (oboeru)

覚える (おぼえる, oboeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to memorize; to memorise”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おぼえる
Romaji
oboeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to learn; to pick up; to acquire · ichidan verb, transitive
  3. to feel · ichidan verb, transitive
  4. to think; to regard · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

あなたが知っている事を全部彼に話す事を覚えておいてください。
You must remember to tell him all that you know.
日本語は外人にとって覚えにくい。
It is hard for foreigners to learn Japanese.
その音楽には本当に感動をおぼえた。
That music really gets me.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 覚える

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary覚えるおぼえる oboeru
Polite (~masu)覚えますおぼえます oboemasu
Negative覚えないおぼえない oboenai
Polite negative覚えませんおぼえません oboemasen
Past覚えたおぼえた oboeta
Polite past覚えましたおぼえました oboemashita
Negative past覚えなかったおぼえなかった oboenakatta
Te-form覚えておぼえて oboete
Potential覚えられるおぼえられる oboerareru
Passive覚えられるおぼえられる oboerareru
Causative覚えさせるおぼえさせる oboesaseru
Volitional覚えようおぼえよう oboeyou
Imperative覚えろおぼえろ oboero
Conditional (~ba)覚えればおぼえれば oboereba

Kanji in 覚える

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 覚える.

Source: JMdict entry 1206050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.