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存在
sonzai
Meaning
- existence, being
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Learn all JLPT N3 Vocabulary – 存在 (sonzai), existence, being
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Here is a list of examples based on the word 存在
| 日本語 | 英語 |
|---|---|
| 「ところで神社を知っていますか？」「軽く触れる程度には。信仰対象となった存在、いわゆるところの神格を祭る礼拝施設ね」 | “By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is?” “I’ve a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It’s a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined.” |
| 少なくとも、だれもマラドーナと比肩する存在になってはいない。 | At the least there is nobody who equals Madonna. |
| 「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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| これも後で言うつもりだったんだけどカタハネのキャラに端役というのは存在しないのよね。 | I planned to say this later on but in Katahane there is no such thing as a ‘bit part’. |
| 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. |
| シロオニタケは毒菌だけど、存在感があって好きだなあ。 | Shiroonitake is a poisonous mushroom but it has real presence, and I like it. |
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