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Japanese

偲しのぶ

Kana しのぶ Romaji shinobu

Common word

Definitions

01godan verb · transitive

to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to be nostalgic for

02godan verb · transitive

usually kana

to imagine; to guess; to infer

usu. in the passive as しのばれる

03Yodan verb with 'bu' ending · transitive

Examples

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.

Tatoeba #195112

故人をしのんで、記念碑が建てられた。

A monument was erected in memory of the deceased.

Tatoeba #174513

Other forms

慕ぶ (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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