存在
N3そんざい sonzai
- existence
- being
nounする verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
存在
Examples
- 神は存在すると思いますか。Do you believe that God exists?你认为神存在吗?
- 彼は私にとって父親のような存在だ。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"
}
}