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    3. 偲ぶ

    偲ぶ

    偲しのぶ​

    to recollect

    KMT10News #38+1Ref L1Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    しのぶ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to recollect, to remember, to reminisce, to be nostalgic for
    2.
    to imagine, to guess, to infer
    word usually written using kana alone

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    故こ人じんを偲しのびました。

    I remembered the deceased.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    昔むかしの友ゆう人じんとの楽たのしい日ひ々びを偲しのんで、アルバムをめくった。

    I flipped through an album, reminiscing about the fun days with old friends.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    遠とおい故こ郷きょうを偲しのぶ気き持もちが、彼かれの創そう作さく活かつ動どうの原げん動どう力りょくとなっている。

    The feeling of longing for his distant hometown has become the driving force behind his creative activities.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    亡なき祖そ母ぼを偲しのんで、毎まい年としこの時じ期きに家か族ぞくで集あつまります。

    We gather as a family every year around this time to remember my late grandmother.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    古ふるい歌うたを聴きくと、若わかかりし頃ころの淡あわい恋こいを偲しのんでしまう。

    When I listen to old songs, I can't help but reminisce about a faint love from my youth.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyMusic & EntertainmentLiterature

    Characters that make up this word

    偲
    しの.ぶ…(2)
    recollect・remember
    Kanji
    ぶ
    bu
    Kana
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