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覚え

おぼえ

memory; recollection; sense; experience; confidence; trust (of a superior)

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Examples

  1. どこかであなたにお会いした覚えがあります。

    どこかであなたにおあいしたおぼえがあります。

    I have some recollection of meeting you somewhere.

  2. そんな約束をした覚えはない。

    そんなやくそくをしたおぼえはない。

    I don't remember making any such promise.

  3. この子は覚えが早いですね。

    このこはおぼえがはやいですね。

    This child picks things up quickly, doesn't he?

  4. 彼は社長の覚えがめでたい。

    かれはしゃちょうのおぼえがめでたい。

    He is in the president's good graces.

Common patterns

覚えがある
to recall; to have a recollection of
身に覚えがない
to have no knowledge of it; to be innocent of it
覚えが早い
to be a quick learner

Memory tip

Most often met in the negative: 覚えがない = 'I have no memory of that', and the fixed 身に覚えがない is the standard way to deny an accusation. The separate idiom 覚えがめでたい means being well regarded by a boss, not remembering anything.

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