Japanese

げんぞん
Meaning: existing; extant; remaining
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

現
存

Example sentences

That castle has the oldest existing castle tower in Japan.
万葉集は日本に現存する最古の和歌集です。
The Manyoshu is the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry.
この古書店には、世界に数冊しか現存しない稀覯本が保管されている。
This old bookstore keeps rare books of which only a few copies exist in the world.

Usage Notes

Refers to things that were created in the past and still exist today.

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