しのぶ
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to be nostalgic for
2. to imagine; to guess; to infer (Usually kana, usu. in the passive as しのばれる)
Other spellings
偲ぶ
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
しのぶ
しのぶ
Used in vocabulary
Examples2
ミサ は、 食べたり 飲んだり して イエスキリスト を 偲ぶ カトリックの 儀式 だ。
Mass is a Catholic ceremony of remembering Jesus Christ by eating and drinking.
故人 を しのんで、 記念碑 が 建てられた。
A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased.