• 存在そんざい — existence; being
• 保存ほぞん — preservation; saving
• 存続そんぞく — continuation; survival
• 生存せいぞん — survival; living
• 共存きょうぞん — coexistence
• 存ぞんじます — to know; to think (humble)

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存 frequently appears in formal or respectful expressions tied to existence, continuation, or humble awareness (e.g., 存じます).

It combines smoothly into academic, technical, and business compounds such as 保存 (preservation) and 存続 (continuation).

この島しまには 野生やせいの 動物どうぶつが 存そん在しています。
Wild animals exist on this island.

ご意見いけんは よく存ぞんじております。
I am well aware of your opinion. (humble)