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保存

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

保存 — “preservation, storage, saving”

保存 (read ほぞん) means preservation, storage, saving. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

ほぞん

Meaning

preservation, storage, saving

保存 in a sentence

食たべ物ものを冷蔵れいぞう庫こに保存ほぞんする。

To store food in the refrigerator.

The kanji in 保存

保to protect
存to exist; to know

Words that share a kanji with 保存

保証ほしょう— guarantee, warranty, assurance
保健ほけん— health preservation, hygiene
ご存じごぞんじ— knowing (honorific)
存在そんざい— existence, being
存じるぞんじる— to know, to think (humble form)
ご存じですかごぞんじですか— do you know? (polite)
生存せいぞん— survival, existence

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