- 기억(n) / 기억하다(v): remember or recall (something factual). - 추억(n) / 추억하다(v): reminisce on a period of the past with emotional attachment. So, trying to remember something in daily life is usually 기억, while looking back on a period in the past with fondness or sadness is 추억. 추억 is used more in literature than in real life. ex) 기억 나? Do you remember? 이거 잘 기억해 둬: Remember this (because we'll need it). 쟤 이릉은 기억에 없다: I don't recall hearing his name / I cannot remember his name. 초등학생 시절의 추억: memories of the elementary school days. 추억의 영화들: Movies of the good old days. 그 옛날 천진스런 추억은 애달파: Heartbreaking was the memory of innocent old times.