うろ覚え

うろ覚え

Japanese

Kanji in this term
覚
おぼ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 空覚 (うろおぼ)え (urooboe)
• (proscribed) うる覚 (おぼ)え (uruoboe)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うろおぼえ [ùróóbóé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) うろお​ぼえ [ùróóꜜbòè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ːbo̞e̞]

Noun

うろ覚え (hiragana うろおぼえ, rōmaji urooboe)

1. unclear memory; vague recollection; fuzzy memory

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9