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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

Meanings

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

preservation; keeping intact; retaining

Often used for deliberately keeping something as it is, especially resources, systems, or conditions, without using or changing them. Common in political, economic, and environmental contexts.

政せい府ふは古ふるい制せい度どを温おん存ぞんしようとしている。
The government is trying to preserve the old system.
エネルギーを温おん存ぞんするために、不ふ要ような照しょう明めいを消けした。
We turned off unnecessary lights to conserve energy.

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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)
後こう半はんに備そなえて、選せん手しゅは前ぜん半はんで体たい力りょくを温おん存ぞんした。
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
監かん督とくは次つぎの試し合あいのために主しゅ力りょく選せん手しゅの戦せん力りょくを温おん存ぞんした。
The coach kept his key players in reserve for the next match.
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)
その改かい革かく案あんは既き得とく権けん益えきを温おん存ぞんしたままだと批ひ判はんされた。
The reform proposal was criticized for leaving vested interests untouched.

Kanji

温warm
存exist, suppose, be aware of

Related words

保ほ存ぞんN3
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.
維い持じN2
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

消しょう費ひN3
消費 means to use up or consume something, the opposite of 温存, which means to keep it in reserve without using it.
使つかい果はたすN1
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

現げん存ぞん
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.
保ほ温おんN1
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.