諳そらんずる

zuru verb, transitive verb

memorize; recite from memory

Literary or old-fashioned zuru-verb form of そらんじる. Used for committing something to memory and then reciting it by heart. Modern Japanese more often uses 暗記する or 覚える.

See also: 諳んじる (そらんじる)

• 彼かれは長ながい詩しをそらんずることができる。

  He can recite a long poem from memory.