忘れる（わすれる）
JLPT N4 · Ichidan verb (Group 2)
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: to forget
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 忘れます | わすれます |
| te-form | 忘れて | わすれて |
| ta-form (past) | 忘れた | わすれた |
| nai-form (negative) | 忘れない | わすれない |
| potential form | 忘れられる | わすれられる |
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Example sentences
- 大事な約束をすっかり忘れてしまった。 — I completely forgot an important promise.
- 電車の中に傘を忘れてきた。 — I left my umbrella on the train.
Idioms & proverbs containing “忘れる”
- 喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる (のどもとすぎればあつさをわすれる) — danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object)
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