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What is the difference between 記憶 and 記憶力? I guess latter is more like 'power
of recollection'. Are both the following sentences equally natural?

> 彼は記憶力がいい。  
>  彼は記憶がいい。  
>  He has a good memory.
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Difference between 記憶 and 記憶力
記憶 refers to memory in the sense of remembered things, whereas 記憶力 refers to
the ability to remember things.

If "He has a good memory" means "He is good at remembering things", 彼は記憶力がいい
is the only natural choice. If the sentence means "He remembers some good
thing (e.g. about this place)", it would be 彼には(この場所について)いい記憶がある or
彼にはいい思い出がある. If the sentence means "He owns a good (USB) memory", it would be
彼はいい(USB)メモリを持っている.
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