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存じる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

know; be aware of; be acquainted with

Humble equivalent of 知る. Used when the speaker refers to their own knowledge or acquaintance with respect to the listener or a third party.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Humble equivalent of 思う. Used to express one's own thoughts, opinions, or feelings politely. Often appears as 存じます at the end of a statement.

〈事こと〉を存ぞんじておりますto (humbly) know something
山やま田だ様さまのことはよく存ぞんじております。
I am well acquainted with Mr. Yamada.
〈事こと〉と存ぞんじますto (humbly) think/believe that ~
これで問もん題だいないかと存ぞんじます。
I believe there should be no problem with this.
お〈物もの〉は存ぞんじませんto (humbly) not know something
その件けんについては存ぞんじません。
I am not aware of that matter.
〜かと存ぞんじますpolite hedge for expressing an opinion or guess
明日あしたは雨あめかと存ぞんじます。
I believe it may rain tomorrow.

芋いもの煮にえたもご存ぞんじないbeing ignorant of the ways of the world; knowing nothing of life

存ぞんずるN2
存ずる is a more formal or literary variant of 存じる with the same humble meaning.
存ぞんじ上あげる sense 1
存じ上げる is an even more elevated humble form than 存じる, used specifically when the thing known concerns a respected person.
承しょう知ちN3sense 1
承知する means 'to know/understand and accept' with a polite but less deferential tone than 存じる, which is strictly humble language about the speaker.

知しるplainN5sense 1
知る is the plain verb for 'to know'; 存じる is its humble form used when speaking about oneself to a superior or in formal contexts.
思おもうplainN5sense 2
思う is the plain verb for 'to think'; 存じる is its humble form, often used as 存じます to state an opinion politely.
ご存ぞん知じplainN4
存じる is the humble verb a speaker uses for their own knowing, while ご存知 is the honorific form used for what the listener or a respected third person knows.

Developed from 存ずる, a Sino-Japanese verb formed with 存 and する; 存じる arose as its later form. Its humble senses correspond chiefly to 知る and 思う.