To Forget
To Forget Something
transitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means forget so the verb vocab version is to forget.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You don't want to forget anything, because forgetting always makes everything worse (わす). Forgot your car keys? Now you can't drive. Forgot someone's name? Now you have to ask again and it'll be awkward. All these situations make your day worse, and probably your life worse too.
危うくコウイチの顔を忘れる所だったよ。
I almost forgot Koichi's face.
ごめんね、カナエちゃん。みんなカナエちゃんがどれだけ努力したのかすっかり忘れちゃってたんだ。
Sorry, Kanae. We all totally forgot about how much effort you put into it.
もう忘れなって。今さらどうにもならないんだから。
Forget about it. There's nothing you can do about it now.