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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

生せい存ぞん

seizon

survival

Example sentences

  1. いかなる動物どうぶつも、植物しょくぶつなしでは生存せいぞんできない。

    No animal can exist without plants.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その子この生存せいぞんに対たいする希望きぼうは急速きゅうそくに消きえつつある。

    Hope of finding the child alive is fading rapidly.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 大気汚染たいきおせんは我々われわれの生存せいぞんを脅おびやかすものになるだろう。

    Air pollution will be a threat to our survival.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 生存

  • 生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・いける
  • 存exist; supposeOnソン・ゾンKunながらえる・ある・たもつ

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