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忘れる

To Forget


Meaning

To Forget

Word Type

transitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means forget so the verb vocab version is to forget.


Reading

わすれる

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: Wait, what was (わす) the reading? I forget... What was it?


Context

Context Sentences

危うくコウイチの顔を忘れる所だったよ。

I almost forgot Koichi's face.

ごめんね、カナエちゃん。みんなカナエちゃんがどれだけ努力したのかすっかり忘れちゃってたんだ。

Sorry, Kanae. We all totally forgot about how much effort you put into it.

もう忘れなって。今さらどうにもならないんだから。

Forget about it. There's nothing you can do about it now.


Kanji Composition