存じる (zonjiru)
存じる (ぞんじる, zonjiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to know; to be aware (of)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ぞんじる
- Romaji
- zonjiru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with) · ichidan verb, transitive · humble
- to think; to consider; to believe; to feel · ichidan verb, transitive · humble
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 存じる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 存じる | ぞんじる zonjiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 存じます | ぞんじます zonjimasu |
| Negative | 存じない | ぞんじない zonjinai |
| Polite negative | 存じません | ぞんじません zonjimasen |
| Past | 存じた | ぞんじた zonjita |
| Polite past | 存じました | ぞんじました zonjimashita |
| Negative past | 存じなかった | ぞんじなかった zonjinakatta |
| Te-form | 存じて | ぞんじて zonjite |
| Potential | 存じられる | ぞんじられる zonjirareru |
| Passive | 存じられる | ぞんじられる zonjirareru |
| Causative | 存じさせる | ぞんじさせる zonjisaseru |
| Volitional | 存じよう | ぞんじよう zonjiyou |
| Imperative | 存じろ | ぞんじろ zonjiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 存じれば | ぞんじれば zonjireba |
Kanji in 存じる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 存じる.
ご存じごぞんじknowing存在そんざいexistence保存ほぞんpreservation生存せいぞんexistence存ずるぞんずるto know共存きょうぞんcoexistence依存いぞんdependence存続そんぞくcontinuance
Source: JMdict entry 1406140 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.