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温存 (おんぞん, onzon) Japanese meaning: preservation | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 温存する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 温おん 存ぞん する 温おん 存ぞん しない Polite 温おん 存ぞん します 温おん 存ぞん しません Past polite 温おん 存ぞん しました 温おん 存ぞん しませんでした Past 温おん 存ぞん した 温おん 存ぞん しなかった Te-form 温おん 存ぞん して 温おん 存ぞん しないで Desire 温おん 存ぞん したい 温おん 存ぞん したくない Potential 温おん 存ぞん できる 温おん 存ぞん できない Passive 温おん 存ぞん される 温おん 存ぞん されない Causative 温おん 存ぞん させる 温おん 存ぞん させない Causative passive 温おん 存ぞん させられる 温おん 存ぞん させられない Volitional 温おん 存ぞん しよう Polite volitional 温おん 存ぞん しましょう Imperative 温おん 存ぞん しろ 温おん 存ぞん するな Conditional 温おん 存ぞん すれば 温おん 存ぞん しなければ Tara conditional 温おん 存ぞん したら 温おん 存ぞん しなかったら
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The government is trying to preserve the old system.
We turned off unnecessary lights to conserve energy.
Usage patterns 体たい 力りょく を 温おん 存ぞん する to conserve one's physical strength (for later use)
The player conserved his strength in the first half in preparation for the second half.
戦せん 力りょく を 温おん 存ぞん する to keep one's forces/resources in reserve
既き 得とく 権けん 益えき を 温おん 存ぞん する to preserve vested interests (without reforming them)
Kanji 存 exist, suppose, be aware of Related words 保存 is the general word for 'preservation/storage' of objects, data, or food, while 温存 specifically implies deliberately keeping something unused or unchanged, often with a nuance of restraint.
維持 means actively maintaining a state or condition through effort, while 温存 focuses on leaving something untouched or unused rather than working to sustain it.
Opposites 消費 means to use up or consume something, the opposite of 温存, which means to keep it in reserve without using it.
温存する means to conserve or keep something in reserve, the opposite of 使い果たす which means to use it all up.
Don't confuse with 現存 (still existing, extant) shares the kanji 存 with 温存 but means something simply still exists, not that it is being deliberately kept unused.
保温 is about retaining warmth, but 温存 (sharing the kanji 温) means to preserve or keep something in reserve for future use, not about temperature.
Etymology Compound of 温 (warm, keep warm) and 存 (exist, preserve). The combination suggests keeping something in a safe, unchanged state.
The coach kept his key players in reserve for the next match.
The reform proposal was criticized for leaving vested interests untouched.
