重んじる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おも
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Shift from verb (おも)んずる (omonzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) もんじ [òmóńjíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) もんじる [òmóńjírú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞mõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

(おも)んじる • (omonjiru) transitive ichidan (stem (おも)んじ (omonji), past (おも)んじた (omonjita))

  1. to respect, to esteem, to honour, to treasure, to look up to
    Synonyms: 重んずる, 尊ぶ
    Antonyms: 軽んずる, 軽んじる

Conjugation

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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