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目に浮かぶ

めにうかぶ

to come to mind; to picture

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Examples

  1. 故郷の景色が目に浮かぶ。

    こきょうのけしきがめにうかぶ。

    I can picture my hometown's scenery.

  2. 喜ぶ母の顔が目に浮かぶ。

    よろこぶははのかおがめにうかぶ。

    I can just see my mother's delighted face.

  3. 手紙を読むと、その時の様子がありありと目に浮かんできた。

    てがみをよむと、そのときのようすがありありとめにうかんできた。

    Reading the letter, the scene from that day came vividly back to me.

Common patterns

顔が目に浮かぶ
to picture someone's face
ありありと目に浮かぶ
to picture vividly
目に浮かぶようだ
I can just see it

Memory tip

The image floats up by itself, so the picture is the subject with が and the verb is intransitive — never 目に浮かべる for this sense. Use it for scenes and faces you can see in your mind, not for ideas.

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