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〜れる/られる (spontaneous): comes to mind (spontaneous)

N3 · 09 Passive, causative & quoting

Uses the passive form to say a feeling or memory arises by itself.

A few verbs of feeling or thought + れる/られる: 思い出される, 感じられる, 偲ばれる, 案じられる. The meaning is "it comes to me naturally". It is rather literary and cannot be freely made from any verb.

Examples

この写真しゃしんを見みると、子供こどものころが思い出おもいだされる。

When I look at this photo, my childhood comes back to me.

彼かれの将来しょうらいが案あんじられてならない。

I cannot help worrying about his future.

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