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Came accross this one on a DS kanji game. Since it involves memory, thought it could be interesting. Any idea what "indiscriminate memorizing" mean ?

丸諳記 【まるあんき】 (n) indiscriminate memorizing

Sounds like what a person's brain does on a regular basis, when not intentionally trying to remember.

My Sanseido dictionary says it means "learn the (whole) lesson by heart; rote."

The definition using "indiscriminate" doesn't seem very good, but I'm guessing they mean learning a full lesson without breaking it down into (discriminated) small portions first.

Recall that the kanji for "maru" basically means full so a simple literal translation would probably be: full rote memorization.

Draggs comment is what I would support. まる is used in the same way in Shinchan very often as まるだし means to "show you whole butt" or "show your butt completely".

from the green goddess:

まるあんき【丸暗記】
indiscriminate learning by heart 〜する learn 《a whole page》 by heart;
learn [get, have] 《the text of a sutra》 by rote
彼はその詩をそっくりまる暗記していた
He had learned the whole poem off by heart

daijirin

全部をそのまま暗記すること。棒暗記

things are a lot easier when you don't limit yourself to edict :-)

From the 類語辞典 in mac os x:

「棒暗記」「丸暗記」は、内容を理解しないで字句のみを覚えること。

radical_tyro Wrote:From the 類語辞典 in mac os x:

「棒暗記」「丸暗記」は、内容を理解しないで字句のみを覚えること。

Memorizing something without understanding it. Interesting.

FutureBlues Wrote:

radical_tyro Wrote:From the 類語辞典 in mac os x:

「棒暗記」「丸暗記」は、内容を理解しないで字句のみを覚えること。

Memorizing something without understanding it. Interesting.

Reminds me of math before classes involving proofs. Just memorize math rules and theorems without knowing the logical proof or axioms

Rote...you don't have any special way to remember it, you're simply memorising it. I read a thing about ways to learn vocab, and the writer used the word 丸暗記 a lot. That's the meaning I got out of it.