存じる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぞん
Grade: 6
goon

Etymology

Shift from verb 存ず (zonzu).

Natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじ [zòńjíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) んじる [zòńjírú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡zõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

(ぞん)じる (zonjiru) transitive ichidan (stem (ぞん) (zonji), past (ぞん)じた (zonjita))

  1. (humble) to think, feel, know
    Synonyms: 思う (omou), 考える (kangaeru)
  2. (humble) to be aware of, know
    Synonyms: 知る (shiru), 承知する (shōchi suru)

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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