覚える

Etymology
→ →  →  →  →  →  →  →

Ultimately from verb. The historical derivation is roughly as follows:
 * the omopa of  verb  + :
 * omopayu → omopoyu
 * The form is found in the ' and the '.


 * contraction and regular sound changes:
 * omopoyu → omofoyu → obowoyu → oboyu
 * This change is already evident by the early.


 * regular historical grammatical shifts occurring for classical verbs:
 * oboyu → oboyuru → oboyeru → oboeru
 * This set of shifts occurred during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.

The verb was originally used in intransitive and passive contexts, in accordance with its derivation. It began to be used in more active and transitive contexts starting from roughly the mid-, with the and  senses appearing in the.

Verb

 * 1)  to recall, to remember
 * 2)  to learn
 * 3)  to memorize
 * 4)  to feel
 * 1)  to memorize
 * 2)  to feel
 * 1)  to feel
 * 1)  to feel

Antonyms

 * : to forget