存続|そんぞくsonzoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbcontinuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 存続する（そんぞくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 存続します（そんぞくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 存続しない（そんぞくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 存続しません（そんぞくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 存続せず・存続せぬ（そんぞくせず・そんぞくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 存続した（そんぞくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 存続しました（そんぞくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 存続しなかった（そんぞくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 存続しませんでした（そんぞくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 存続して（そんぞくして） |
| Potential | 存続できる（そんぞくできる） |
| Passive | 存続される（そんぞくされる） |
| Causative | 存続させる（そんぞくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 存続させられる（そんぞくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 存続すれば（そんぞくすれば） |
| tara | 存続したら（そんぞくしたら） |
| Volitional | 存続しよう（そんぞくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 存続しましょう（そんぞくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 存続しろ（そんぞくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym持続じぞくNeutralFor a state or effect holding over a long time; 「存続」 is about an organization or institution continuing to exist.
- Synonym継続けいぞくNeutralFor carrying on something you are already doing; 「存続」 is about an organization or institution not being abolished.
- Synonym保つたもつNeutralA verb for keeping something as it is; 「存続」 is a noun centred on an organization's continued existence.
- Synonym続くつづくNeutralThe most colloquial word for continuing; 「存続」 is about an organization continuing to exist.
- Related維持いじNeutralFor keeping the status quo unchanged; 「存続」 is about an organization or institution continuing to exist.
- Related保持ほじNeutralFor keeping records, states and the like; 「存続」 is about an organization continuing to exist.
- Related守るまもるNeutralFor protecting something or abiding by rules; 「存続」 is about an organization continuing to exist.
- Related引き続くひきつづくNeutralFor things occurring one after another; 「存続」 is about an organization continuing to exist.
- Related永らえるながらえるWrittenWritten style, for living a long life; 「存続」 is about organizations and institutions continuing to exist.
- Related打ち続くうちつづくWrittenWritten style, for something going on over a long stretch; 「存続」 is about an organization continuing to exist.
- Related継続性けいぞくせいWrittenA written-style noun for continuity as an abstract quality; 「存続」 is the continuance itself.
- Antonym消滅しょうめつNeutralAntonym on the survival axis: it means perishing or vanishing, where 「存続」 means going on existing.
- Antonym廃止はいしNeutralAntonym on the survive-or-abolish axis: it means abolishing a system or institution, the opposite of 「存続」.
- Antonym断絶だんぜつWrittenWritten style; antonym on the continue-or-break axis: it means a break or severance of what has been going on.
Use 「存続」 when an organization, institution or species goes on existing, as in 「存続の危機」. For a state or effect that lasts, pick 「持続」; for carrying on an activity, 「継続」; for keeping the status quo, 「維持」. The main antonyms are 「消滅」 (perishing) and 「廃止」 (abolition).
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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