Illustration: In a compact home kitchen, a parent presses the lid firmly onto a food container filled with a portion of freshly prepared curry. Several matching sealed portions already sit in an open freezer drawer, neatly separated from ice trays.

JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

保ほ存ぞん

hozon

to preserve, to store

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらはその建物たてものを保存ほぞんしてきた。

    They have preserved the building.

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  2. それは涼すずしい所ところに保存ほぞんしなさい。

    Keep it in a cool place.

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  3. 私わたしは古ふるい本ほんを大切たいせつに保存ほぞんしている。

    I keep old books with care.

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Kanji in 保存

  • 保protect; guaranteeOnホ・ホウKunたもつ
  • 存exist; supposeOnソン・ゾンKunながらえる・ある・たもつ

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