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名残り

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
のこ > ご
Grade: 4
kun'yomi irregular
Alternative spellings
名殘り (kyūjitai)
名残

Etymology

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Possibly from abbreviation of (nami, wave) +‎ 残り (nokori, remainder), i.e. “the remainder of a wave”.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (nagori

  1. vestiges, remains, relics
  2. the sadness of saying goodbye
  3. parting

References

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  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN