存そん在ざい理り由ゆう

noun

reason for being; raison d'être

A somewhat formal or philosophical term for the fundamental purpose or justification for something's existence.

• その組そ織しきの存そん在ざい理り由ゆうは、地ち域いき社しゃ会かいへの貢こう献けんだ。

  The organization's raison d'être is its contribution to the local community.

• 彼かれにとって、絵えを描かくことは存そん在ざい理り由ゆうそのものだ。

  For him, painting is his very reason for being.