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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
燒き付く (kyūjitai)

Verb edit

()() (yakitsukuintransitive godan (stem ()() (yakitsuki), past ()()いた (yakitsuita))

Japanese verb pair
active 焼き付ける
mediopassive 焼き付く
  1. be burned onto, be scorched and stuck to
  2. be seared into one's memory
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      街頭(がいとう)()んだ(わか)女性(じょせい)姿(すがた)は、(いま)我々(われわれ)記憶(きおく)()()いている。
      Gaitō de shinda wakaki josei no sugata wa, ima mo wareware no kioku ni yakitsuite iru.
      The image of a young woman dying in the streets is still seared in our memory.

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