偲(しの)ぶ

しのぶ
verb (godan)
to remember fondly; to reminisce about; to think of with affection
他動詞 transitiveformalcognitionemotion
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present偲(しの)ぶ偲(しの)ばない
Present polite偲(しの)びます偲(しの)びません
Past偲(しの)んだ偲(しの)ばなかった
Past polite偲(しの)びました偲(しの)びませんでした
て form偲(しの)んで偲(しの)ばなくて
ている present偲(しの)んでいる偲(しの)んでいない
ている polite偲(しの)んでいます偲(しの)んでいません
ている past偲(しの)んでいた偲(しの)んでいなかった
ている past polite偲(しの)んでいました偲(しの)んでいませんでした
Conditional ば偲(しの)べば偲(しの)ばなければ
Conditional たら偲(しの)んだら偲(しの)ばなかったら
Volitional偲(しの)ぼう—
Volitional polite偲(しの)びましょう—
Potential偲(しの)べる偲(しの)べない
Passive偲(しの)ばれる偲(しの)ばれない
Causative偲(しの)ばせる偲(しの)ばせない
Imperative偲(しの)べ偲(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)を偲(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 を for the person or time remembered (故人(こじん)を偲(しの)ぶ).

Common collocations

Similar words

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