おもいあたる

思い当たる

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of; to strike on; to hit on an answer; to seize the crux of a problem

N5Common wordGodan verb (ru ending)
Godan verb (ru ending), Intransitive verb
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory)to come to mindto recall (in a flash)to be reminded ofto call to mindto think ofto strike onto hit on an answerto seize the crux of a problem

Conjugations

Present辞書形
思い当たる(おもいあたる)
Negativeない形
思い当たらない(おもいあたらない)
Pastた形
思い当たった(おもいあたった)
Past Negativeなかった形
思い当たらなかった(おもいあたらなかった)
Te-formて形
思い当たって(おもいあたって)

Example Sentences

思いあたらないのですが。

I don't recall.

夏休みも近いけど、どこかいいところ思い当たりますか。

Summer vacation is near. Can you think of a good place for the holidays?