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偲ぶ

Kana Reading

しのぶ

Romaji

shinobu

Word Senses

Parts of speech

Godan verb with `bu' ending, transitive verb

Meaning

to recollect; to remember

Example sentence

故人をしのんで、記念碑が建てられた。 A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased.

Examples of 偲ぶ, しのぶ in a sentence

故人をしのんで、記念碑が建てられた。

A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased.
ミサは、食べたり飲んだりしてイエスキリストを偲ぶカトリックの儀式だ。

Mass is a Catholic ceremony of remembering Jesus Christ by eating and drinking.

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain: 偲ぶ
Plain Polite: 偲びます
Negative: 偲ばない
Negative Polite: 偲びません

Past

Plain: 偲んだ
Plain Polite: 偲びました
Negative: 偲ばなかった
Negative Polite: 偲びませんでした

Plain: 偲んで
Plain Polite: 偲びまして
Negative: --
Negative Polite: --

Passive

Plain: 偲ばれる
Plain Polite: 偲ばれます
Negative: 偲ばれない
Negative Polite: 偲ばれません

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Kanji in this word

偲 JLPT 1

11 strokes

recollect, remember

On'Yomi: サイ, シ

Kun'Yomi: しの.ぶ

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