Meaning of 存在 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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存在JLPT 3
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Kana Readingそんざい
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Romajisonzai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- existence; being
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Example Sentences
存在, そんざい used in context
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夫との間に波風が立つのが恐くて、愛人の存在は知らない振りをしています。
I'm afraid of discord arising with my husband so I'm turning a blind eye to his mistress.
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この宇宙には知的生命体が存在するのはまず間違いないと思うが、その生命体が地球に来る可能性は殆ど無し。
I think it is certain that there is intelligent life in this universe, but the likelihood of that life coming to Earth is practically nil.
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敵対企業を貶めたり、秘密情報を入手したりと、大企業に欠かせない存在であるため、ハイリスクながらハイリターンが望める仕事だ。
Causing competitors to fail, obtaining confidential information, something that big business just can't do without - high risk but at the same time high return work.
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「未来形」というのは存在しない、ということは受験英語でも一般的になりつつあります。
It is even becoming accepted even in exam-English that that called "simple future tense" does not exist.
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Astronomers inferred the existence of a local supercluster.
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さまざまな才能に恵まれて、なんでもそつなくこなす姉にとって、平々凡々たる俺の存在はひどく許せないものらしい。
For my multi-talented sister, able do anything with ease, it seems that my commonplace self is something whose existence she finds very hard to forgive.
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