おもいうかぶ

思い浮かぶ
to occur to
to remind of

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おもいうかぶ【思い浮かぶ】

come [spring] to mind; occur to one.

●…ということが思い浮かぶ 《when》 it occurs to one that….

●名案が思い浮かんだ. A bright idea occurred to [struck] me. | I was struck with a bright idea.

・この歌を聞くと優しかった母の顔が思い浮かぶ. When I hear this song, my mother's kind face appears before me. [I remember my mother's kind face].

・この写真を見ると戦争中のことが思い浮かぶ. When I look at this photograph, memories of the war come flooding back. | This picture always reminds me of the war.

・山といわれてすぐ思い浮かぶのは富士山である. When I hear the word “mountain,” Mt. Fuji immediately springs to mind. | The word “mountain” immediately reminds me of Mt. Fuji.

・この曲を聞いて, あなたはどんな情景が思い浮かびますか. What kind of scene comes to mind when you hear this tune? | What kind of scene do you associate this tune with?

・不況の打開策として, 残念ながらそれ以外のものは思い浮かばない. Unfortunately I can't think of any other way out of the recession.