| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | fail to recognize | 見忘れる |
| gen. | fail to recognize | 見逸れる |
| gen. | n failing to recognize | 見違い |
| gen. | n vs failing to recognize someone | 御見逸れ |
| gen. | n vs failing to recognize someone | お見外れ |
| gen. | n vs failing to recognize someone | 御見外れ |
| gen. | n vs failing to recognize someone | お見逸れ |
| gen. | n vs failing to recognize someone | お見それ |
| gen. | n vs failure to recognize someone | 面忘れ |
| gen. | n person so changed that it's hard to recognize him | 人違え (recognise) |
| gen. | n pretending not to recognize | そ知らぬ顔 (recognise) |
| gen. | n pretending not to recognize | 素知らぬ顔 (recognise) |
| gen. | exp pretending not to recognize | 素知らぬ振り |
| gen. | exp pretending not to recognize | 素知らぬふり |
| gen. | n vs pretending not to recognize | 知らん顔 news1 nf02 (somebody) |
| gen. | recognize by sound | 聞分ける (recognise) |
| gen. | recognize by sound | 聞き分ける (recognise) |
| gen. | v5u to mutually recognize | 認め合う |