生存

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 生存 is read as せいぞん and means “survival”.
• Basic usage: It denotes believing a missing person is alive and studying how plants survive in arid land.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 遭難者の生存 / 植物が生存する
  • Use 遭難者の生存 for a person’s survival status and 植物が生存する for a living organism continuing to exist.