(しの)

しのぶ
verb (godan)
to remember fondly; to reminisce about; to think of with affection
他動詞 transitiveformalcognitionemotion
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present(しの)(しの)ばない
Present polite(しの)びます(しの)びません
Past(しの)んだ(しの)ばなかった
Past polite(しの)びました(しの)びませんでした
て form(しの)んで(しの)ばなくて
ている present(しの)んでいる(しの)んでいない
ている polite(しの)んでいます(しの)んでいません
ている past(しの)んでいた(しの)んでいなかった
ている past polite(しの)んでいました(しの)んでいませんでした
Conditional ば(しの)べば(しの)ばなければ
Conditional たら(しの)んだら(しの)ばなかったら
Volitional(しの)ぼう
Volitional polite(しの)びましょう
Potential(しの)べる(しの)べない
Passive(しの)ばれる(しの)ばれない
Causative(しの)ばせる(しの)ばせない
Imperative(しの)(しの)ぶな
1. to remember fondly; to reminisce about
To call to mind a person who is absent or dead, or a time now past, with warmth and a touch of longing. Most often used of the deceased and of one's own younger days.
故人(こじん)(しの)ぶ。
To remember the deceased fondly.
Looking at old photographs, I reminisced about my student days.
Every year on this day, the group gathers and holds a memorial gathering for our late teacher.

A quiet, somewhat literary word. It belongs to funerals, memorial gatherings, and reflective writing rather than casual conversation.

Transitivity

Transitive; takes for the person or time remembered (故人(こじん)(しの)ぶ).

Common collocations

Similar words

  • (なつ)かしむ: to feel nostalgic for — similar warmth, but freely used in everyday speech
  • (おも)(): to recall — neutral; simply retrieving a memory, with no affection implied
  • (しの): to endure; to hide oneself — a different word with the same reading; do not confuse the two