Word Meaning 存廃

そんぱい sompai

存廃 is read as そんぱい (sompai) and means maintenance or abolition (of a system, institution, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. maintenance or abolition (of a system, institution, etc.)
  2. existence

Reading

Kana

そんぱい

Romaji

sompai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 15278 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

存廃問題

そんぱいもんだい

question of maintenance or abolition (of an institution, organization, etc.)

存在論的証明

そんざいろんてきしょうめい

ontological argument

存立危機事態

そんりつききじたい

threat to national existence

存在意義

そんざいいぎ

reason of being

存在価値

そんざいかち

value to society

退廃

たいはい

decline (in prosperity)

全廃

ぜんぱい

total abolition

撤廃

てっぱい

annulment

荒廃

こうはい

ruin

改廃

かいはい

reform and (or) abolition

産廃

さんぱい

industrial waste

老廃

ろうはい

deterioration (due to age)