覚える and 暗記: Memorization and a conditional prospect
Compare memorized greetings with memorization named 暗記 and the prospect of remembering a repeatedly heard song. Preserve the completed action, condition, and prediction without an automatic-versus-deliberate rule.
覚える can describe material already memorized
覚える includes memorizing and remembering. It is used for greetings learned before a trip, so it cannot be restricted to memories acquired unconsciously.
「旅行の前に簡単な挨拶を覚えた。」 (I memorized simple greetings before traveling.) This reports memorizing simple greetings before traveling. Its memorizing sense can overlap with the activity named 暗記.
暗記 names memorization
暗記 means memorization. Its poem example reports remembering material and presenting it. Keep the Japanese 発表 and the supplied English “recited” within their sentences, without adding a compulsory presentation method to memorization itself.
「暗記だけでなく意味を理解することも大切だ。」 (Understanding the meaning, not just memorizing, is also important.) Both memorization and understanding meaning are valued. This does not define all memorization as learning without understanding.
The song example gives a condition and prospect
「その歌を何度も聞けば自然に覚えるだろう。」 (After hearing that song many times, you will remember it naturally.) The Japanese 聞けば gives a repeated-listening condition, and だろう gives a prediction of naturally remembering. It does not report that this future result has already happened.
Identify the greetings, poem, or song alongside the overlapping memorizing sense. An example of naturally remembering does not make every 覚える automatic or every 暗記 a contrasting kind of deliberate activity.
How do the greeting example with 覚える and the repeatedly heard song with 覚えるだろう differ in completion and prospect?
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The greetings were already memorized. The song is expected to be remembered under a repeated-listening condition. The memorizing sense overlaps with 暗記; the terms do not establish an absolute unconscious-versus-deliberate division or require a particular recital method.