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重んじる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Used for holding something in high regard, such as tradition, rules, harmony, or another person's opinion. Slightly formal.

〈人ひと〉の意い見けんを重おもんじるto value someone's opinion
彼かれは部ぶ下かの意い見けんを重おもんじる上じょう司しだ。
He is a boss who values his subordinates' opinions.
伝でん統とうを重おもんじるto value or uphold tradition
この学がっ校こうは伝でん統とうを重おもんじる教きょう育いくを行おこなっている。
This school provides an education that values tradition.
礼れい儀ぎを重おもんじるto place importance on manners/etiquette
武ぶ道どうでは礼れい儀ぎを重おもんじることが大たい切せつだ。
In martial arts, it is important to place importance on etiquette.

尊そん重ちょうN3
尊重する is the common, everyday word for 'to respect' in a broad sense, while 重んじる is more formal and stresses placing weight or importance on something.
重じゅう視しN3
重視する means to treat something as important, often in practical or policy contexts, while 重んじる carries a more moral or principled sense of valuing tradition or virtue.
尊とうとぶN1
尊ぶ emphasizes reverence or holding something in high esteem, often in a moral or spiritual sense, whereas 重んじる focuses on giving something due weight or priority.
大だい事じにする
大事にする means to treasure or take good care of something, often with personal or emotional nuance, while 重んじる is about principled respect for something's importance.

軽かろんじるN1
軽んじる means to make light of or disrespect something, the direct opposite of 重んじる, which means to value or respect it highly.

重おもる
重んじる (to value or respect something) sounds similar to 重る and shares the kanji 重, but its meaning is completely unrelated to becoming heavy or serious.

Derived from the adjective 重い (heavy, important) with the verbalizing suffix んじる, which attaches to adjectives to mean 'to treat as ~'.