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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

存そん在ざい

N3
そんざい sonzai
  1. existence
  2. being
nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

存在

Examples

  • 神かみは存そん在ざいすると思おもいますか。
    Do you believe that God exists?
    你认为神存在吗?
  • 彼かれは私わたしにとって父ちち親おやのような存そん在ざいだ。
    He has been like a father to me.
    他对我来说像父亲一样。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b1170de661'); // 存在
{
  "id": "b1170de661",
  "word": "存在",
  "reading": "そんざい",
  "romaji": "sonzai",
  "meanings": [
    "existence",
    "being"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1406150,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "神は存在すると思いますか。",
      "furigana": "{神|かみ}は{存在|そんざい}すると{思|おも}いますか。",
      "en": "Do you believe that God exists?",
      "tatoeba_id": 144904
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は私にとって父親のような存在だ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{私|わたし}にとって{父親|ちちおや}のような{存在|そんざい}だ。",
      "en": "He has been like a father to me.",
      "tatoeba_id": 106163
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "aa6a9cc71c432f192c17960d7961387f9963521277ebc0f0abb3a98d376396a6",
    "meanings": [
      "存在"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "神は存在すると思いますか。",
        "zh": "你认为神存在吗?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は私にとって父親のような存在だ。",
        "zh": "他对我来说像父亲一样。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b1170de661",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1406150; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "ba28fea6b995374d19a2dcbd4bcfe50b043de9fedeed3005f8f1ba68eeb54e50",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}