存命|ぞんめいzonmei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbeing alive
Conjugation
Dictionary form存命する(ぞんめいする)
Polite (masu)存命します(ぞんめいします)
Negative (nai)存命しない(ぞんめいしない)
polite (masen)存命しません(ぞんめいしません)
classical zu / nu存命せず・存命せぬ(ぞんめいせず・ぞんめいせぬ)
Past (ta)存命した(ぞんめいした)
polite (mashita)存命しました(ぞんめいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)存命しなかった(ぞんめいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)存命しませんでした(ぞんめいしませんでした)
Te form存命して(ぞんめいして)
Potential存命できる(ぞんめいできる)
Passive存命される(ぞんめいされる)
Causative存命させる(ぞんめいさせる)
Causative passive存命させられる(ぞんめいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)存命すれば(ぞんめいすれば)
tara存命したら(ぞんめいしたら)
Volitional存命しよう(ぞんめいしよう)
polite (mashou)存命しましょう(ぞんめいしましょう)
Imperative存命しろ(ぞんめいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym生存せいぞんWrittenWritten/formal prose: living things staying alive, as in 「生存者」「生存率」. 「存命」 speaks only of a person being alive, honorifically 「ご存命」.
  • Antonym死去しきょWrittenWritten/formal prose for a person dying, used in news reports; the direct opposite of 「存命」's sense of being alive.
  • Antonym死亡しぼうNeutralNeutral word for death, leaning to objective, statistical contexts (mortality); stands opposite 「存命」.
  • Antonym他界たかいFormalFormal euphemism for passing away; opposite of 「存命」's sense of a person still living.

For a person still living, say 「存命」, as in 「ご存命中」「存命の人物」; 「生存」 is for living things surviving. For death, 「死去」 is the written term, 「他界」 a formal euphemism, and 「死亡」 neutral and statistical.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 生いきていること。生存せいぞん。
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