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存在する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	存そん在ざいする	存そん在ざいしない
Polite	存そん在ざいします	存そん在ざいしません
Past polite	存そん在ざいしました	存そん在ざいしませんでした
Past	存そん在ざいした	存そん在ざいしなかった
Te-form	存そん在ざいして	存そん在ざいしないで
Desire	存そん在ざいしたい	存そん在ざいしたくない
Potential	存そん在ざいできる	存そん在ざいできない
Passive	存そん在ざいされる	存そん在ざいされない
Causative	存そん在ざいさせる	存そん在ざいさせない
Causative passive	存そん在ざいさせられる	存そん在ざいさせられない
Volitional	存そん在ざいしよう
Polite volitional	存そん在ざいしましょう
Imperative	存そん在ざいしろ	存そん在ざいするな
Conditional	存そん在ざいすれば	存そん在ざいしなければ
Tara conditional	存そん在ざいしたら	存そん在ざいしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

existence; being; presence

Refers to the state of existing or being present, both concretely and abstractly. As a suru-verb, it means 'to exist' or 'to be present', often in formal or philosophical contexts.

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実じつ在ざいN1

実在 stresses that something actually, physically exists (as opposed to being fictional), while 存在 is broader and covers both concrete and abstract existence.

生せい存ぞんN2

生存 means specifically 'being alive' or 'survival' and is used only for living things, whereas 存在 applies to any entity, living or not.

現げん存ぞん

現存 means 'still existing today' (often of old objects or records), while 存在 is the neutral, general word for existing at all.

有ゆうN1

存在 is the everyday word for 'existence,' while 有 is a highly abstract, formal term rarely used alone outside philosophical or written contexts.

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存そん立りつ
存在 is the general word for existing at all, while 存立 specifically emphasizes an entity's continued survival or standing, often in formal contexts.
生いきるN4
存在する is a formal, abstract verb meaning to exist, whereas 生きる specifically implies being alive as a living being.
いるN5
存在する is a formal, abstract verb for 'to exist' used in writing or discussion, while いる is the everyday word for a person or animal being somewhere.

Don't confuse with

所しょ在ざいN1

存在 means 'existence' (the fact of being), whereas 所在 means 'whereabouts' (where something is located); learners can confuse them because both contain the kanji 在.

介かい在ざい

存在 simply means 'to exist' anywhere, while 介在 specifically means to exist or lie between two other things.

存そん続ぞくN1

存在 simply means 'existence' or 'being present', while 存続 specifically means to keep existing over a span of time, often against the possibility of ending.

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