Natural Japanese · reference

What happened inside memory?

Choose the expression by tracing the clue, candidate, and remembered fact.

The clue-to-match test

Clue finds a plausible match? . A candidate is already available? . A forgotten fact returns? . Attention reaches an unnoticed fact? .

PackageMental eventUseful line
Clue → plausible match
Possible cause/person/place exists
Forgotten fact → returns
Unnoticed fact → attention
Physical search → no object found

Fast contrast

No candidate → no match → recovered memory → recognized fact. Verification still comes after a merely plausible match.