存知・存じ|ぞんじzonji[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounknowing; being aware (of)usu. as ご〜

• Synonym存じるぞんじるFormalHumble word for 'I know' or 'I think', as in 「存じません」; 「ご存知」 instead respectfully refers to the other person knowing.
• Synonym知るしるNeutralThe ordinary word for knowing or finding something out; 「存知」 is the honorific counterpart.
• Synonym存じ上げるぞんじあげるFormalHumble verb for knowing a person you wish to show respect to, as in 「お名前は存じ上げております」. 「存知」 mostly appears as 「ご存知」, honoring the other person's knowing.
• Synonym存ずるぞんずるWrittenA literary form of 「存じる」, humble and mostly seen in letters; in everyday speech say 「存じます」.
• Synonym知っているNeutralThe plain, everyday way to say you know something; 「存知」 is its honorific counterpart used in polite expressions.

Ask whether someone knows with 「ご存知ですか」; refer humbly to your own knowing with 「存じております」; for knowing a respected person use 「存じ上げる」; otherwise the plain choice is 「知っている」.

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1. 知しっていること。承知しょうち。