JLPT N2 · Verb

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

いっこうに存じません。

I know nothing about it.

Tatoeba #228977

ご援助できないのが残念に存じます。

I regret that I can't help you.

Tatoeba #217205

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

存

exist, suppose, be aware ofソン・ゾン・ながら.える・あ.る · 6 strokes

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.