"存在" meaning in Japanese

See 存在 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sõ̞nd͡za̠i] Forms: 存在 [canonical] (ruby: (そん), (ざい)), sonzai [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|そんざい}} 存(そん)在(ざい) • (sonzai)
  1. existence
    Sense id: en-存在-ja-noun-ImaeONww Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 19 43 38
  2. being; entity
    Sense id: en-存在-ja-noun-1mDKkUHJ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 71 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 74 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 9 73 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 19 43 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 73 18

Verb

IPA: [sõ̞nd͡za̠i]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|そんざい|tr=intrans}} 存(そん)在(ざい)する • (sonzai suru) intransitive suru (stem 存(そん)在(ざい)し (sonzai shi), past 存(そん)在(ざい)した (sonzai shita)) Forms: 存在する [canonical] (ruby: (そん), (ざい)), sonzai suru [romanization], 存在し [stem] (ruby: (そん), (ざい)), 存在した [past] (ruby: (そん), (ざい)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 存在し [error-unrecognized-form], そんざいし [error-unrecognized-form], sonzai shi [error-unrecognized-form], 存在する [error-unrecognized-form], そんざいする [error-unrecognized-form], sonzai suru [error-unrecognized-form], 存在すれ [error-unrecognized-form], そんざいすれ [error-unrecognized-form], sonzai sure [error-unrecognized-form], 存在せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 存在しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], そんざいせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], そんざいしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], sonzai seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], sonzai shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 存在される [passive], そんざいされる [passive], sonzai sareru [passive], 存在させる [causative], 存在さす [causative], そんざいさせる [causative], そんざいさす [causative], sonzai saseru [causative], sonzai sasu [causative], 存在できる [potential], そんざいできる [potential], sonzai dekiru [potential], 存在しよう [volitional], そんざいしよう [volitional], sonzai shiyō [volitional], 存在しない [negative], そんざいしない [negative], sonzai shinai [negative], 存在せず [continuative, negative], そんざいせず [continuative, negative], sonzai sezu [continuative, negative], 存在します [formal], そんざいします [formal], sonzai shimasu [formal], 存在した [perfective], そんざいした [perfective], sonzai shita [perfective], 存在して [conjunctive], そんざいして [conjunctive], sonzai shite [conjunctive], 存在すれば [conditional, hypothetical], そんざいすれば [conditional, hypothetical], sonzai sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to exist
    Sense id: en-存在-ja-verb-n-Jbd-ah Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 19 43 38
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "存在",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "存",
          "そん"
        ],
        [
          "在",
          "ざい"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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          "english": "I don't believe God exists.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa kami no sonzai o shinjinai.",
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            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
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            [
              "神",
              "かみ"
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              "存在",
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              "信",
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          "english": "His presence will be a big help to us.",
          "roman": "Kare no sonzai wa, wareware ni ōkina tasuke to naru deshō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "存在",
              "そんざい"
            ],
            [
              "我々",
              "われわれ"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "おお"
            ],
            [
              "助",
              "たす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼の存在は、我々に大きな助けとなるでしょう。",
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          "english": "He finally won recognition.",
          "roman": "Kare wa yōyaku sonzai o mitomerareta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "存在",
              "そんざい"
            ],
            [
              "認",
              "みと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼はようやく存在を認められた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "existence"
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          "existence"
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          "_dis": "9 73 18",
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          ],
          "english": "a being that strikes fear into the hearts of humans",
          "roman": "ningen ni kyōfu o ataeru sonzai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人間",
              "にんげん"
            ],
            [
              "恐怖",
              "きょうふ"
            ],
            [
              "与",
              "あた"
            ],
            [
              "存在",
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          "text": "人間に恐怖を与える存在",
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          "english": "indispensable thing",
          "roman": "kakasenai sonzai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "欠",
              "か"
            ],
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              "存在",
              "そんざい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "欠かせない存在",
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        "being; entity"
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "そんざい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sõ̞nd͡za̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "存在"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "存在する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "存",
          "そん"
        ],
        [
          "在",
          "ざい"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在し",
      "roman": "sonzai shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "存",
          "そん"
        ],
        [
          "在",
          "ざい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在した",
      "roman": "sonzai shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "存",
          "そん"
        ],
        [
          "在",
          "ざい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "存在すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "tr": "intrans"
      },
      "expansion": "存(そん)在(ざい)する • (sonzai suru) intransitive suru (stem 存(そん)在(ざい)し (sonzai shi), past 存(そん)在(ざい)した (sonzai shita))",
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  ],
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          "english": "I don't believe God exists.",
          "roman": "Kami ga sonzai suru to wa omoimasen.",
          "ruby": [
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            [
              "存在",
              "そんざい"
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              "思",
              "おも"
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          "english": "God exists.",
          "roman": "Kami wa sonzai suru.",
          "ruby": [
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              "神",
              "かみ"
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            [
              "存在",
              "そんざい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "神は存在する。",
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        }
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        "to exist"
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    {
      "other": "そんざい"
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    {
      "ipa": "[sõ̞nd͡za̠i]"
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  ],
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}
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    {
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          "存",
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          "在",
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        ]
      ],
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          "english": "I don't believe God exists.",
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              "私",
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              "神",
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          "english": "His presence will be a big help to us.",
          "roman": "Kare no sonzai wa, wareware ni ōkina tasuke to naru deshō.",
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            [
              "彼",
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              "存在",
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              "我々",
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              "大",
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              "助",
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          "text": "彼の存在は、我々に大きな助けとなるでしょう。",
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          "english": "He finally won recognition.",
          "roman": "Kare wa yōyaku sonzai o mitomerareta.",
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              "彼",
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              "存在",
              "そんざい"
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              "認",
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          "text": "彼はようやく存在を認められた。",
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        }
      ],
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          "english": "a being that strikes fear into the hearts of humans",
          "roman": "ningen ni kyōfu o ataeru sonzai",
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          "english": "indispensable thing",
          "roman": "kakasenai sonzai",
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              "存在",
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      "other": "そんざい"
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      "ipa": "[sõ̞nd͡za̠i]"
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}

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      "form": "存在した",
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      "form": "存在する",
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      "form": "そんざいする",
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      "form": "sonzai suru",
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      "form": "存在すれ",
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      "form": "そんざいすれ",
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      "form": "sonzai sure",
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      "form": "存在せよ",
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      "form": "sonzai seyo",
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      "form": "sonzai shiro",
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    },
    {
      "form": "存在される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "そんざいされる",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "sonzai sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "存在させる",
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      "form": "存在さす",
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      "form": "そんざいさせる",
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      "form": "そんざいさす",
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    {
      "form": "sonzai saseru",
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    {
      "form": "sonzai sasu",
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    {
      "form": "存在できる",
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    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいできる",
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    {
      "form": "sonzai dekiru",
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    },
    {
      "form": "存在しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "そんざいしよう",
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      "form": "sonzai shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "存在しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいしない",
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    {
      "form": "sonzai shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    },
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      "form": "存在せず",
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      "form": "そんざいせず",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "存在します",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいします",
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        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "sonzai shimasu",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "存在した",
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    {
      "form": "そんざいした",
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      "form": "sonzai shita",
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      "form": "存在して",
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      "form": "そんざいして",
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      "form": "sonzai shite",
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    },
    {
      "form": "存在すれば",
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    },
    {
      "form": "そんざいすれば",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sonzai sureba",
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          "english": "I don't believe God exists.",
          "roman": "Kami ga sonzai suru to wa omoimasen.",
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          "english": "God exists.",
          "roman": "Kami wa sonzai suru.",
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            ],
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          "text": "神は存在する。",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to exist"
      ],
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        [
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "そんざい"
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    {
      "ipa": "[sõ̞nd͡za̠i]"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 存在 meaning in Japanese (9.1kB)

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}

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}

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}

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