見覚える

From 見(み) (mi, “seeing”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru, “to see, to look”)) + 覚(おぼ)える (oboeru, “to remember, to recall”)

• (Tokyo) みおぼえる [mìóbóérú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) みおぼえる [mìóbóéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mʲio̞bo̞e̞ɾɯ̟]

見(み)覚(おぼ)える • (mioboeru) transitive ichidan (stem 見(み)覚(おぼ)え (mioboe), past 見(み)覚(おぼ)えた (mioboeta))

1. to remember, to recognize, to look familiar
   • 2003 October 10, Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill: Volume 1, spoken by young O-Ren Ishii (Ai Maeda), Miramax Films:

     松(まつ)本(もと)……あたしを見(み)て……あたしの顔(かお)をよーく見(み)て……あたしの目(め)を見(み)て……あたしの口(くち)を見(み)て……見(み)覚(おぼ)えないかい？……あんたが殺(ころ)した誰(だれ)かに……似(に)てないかい！

     Matsumoto…… Atashi o mite…… Atashi no kao o yōku mite…… Atashi no me o mite…… Atashi no kuchi o mite…… Mioboenai kai?…… Anta ga koroshita dare ka ni…… nitenai kai!

     Matsumoto…… Look at me…… Take a good look at my face…… My eyes…… My mouth…… Don’t I look familiar to you?…… Like someone…… you murdered⁉