I Love Kanji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
- to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind · ichidan verb, transitive
- to learn; to pick up; to acquire · ichidan verb, transitive
- to feel · ichidan verb, transitive
- to think; to regard · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
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.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
覚悟かくごreadiness感覚かんかくsense視覚しかく(sense of) sight覚ますさますto awaken覚めるさめるto wake目覚しめざましalarm clock自覚じかくself-awareness覚えおぼえmemory聴覚ちょうかく(sense of) hearing味覚みかく(sense of) taste目覚しいめざましいremarkable目覚めるめざめるto wake up
Source: JMdict entry 1206050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.