Vocabulary

reminiscent

思(おも)い出(だ)させる

B2 · Upper-intermediate Rare

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Adjective

relating to reminiscence, a memory.  Used in context of someone thinking about the past, often fondly.

回想(かいそう)、記憶(きおく)に関連(かんれん)する。過去(かこ)を懐(なつ)かしく思(おも)い出(だ)す場面(ばめん)で用(もち)いられることが多(おお)い。

Examples

  1. The play we saw was reminiscent of the time we were in high school.
  2. The smell of the cut grass was reminiscent of when I was a boy. I cut the grass so many times I can still smell the grass.

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