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余喘 (よぜん, yozen) Japanese meaning: lingering life | Kotomora
じ 字
Kanji 余 too much, myself, surplus 喘 pant, gasp, breathe hard Related words 瀕ひん 死し 瀕死 refers specifically to being on the verge of death, while 余喘 emphasizes a prolonged, feeble continuation of life or existence.
存そん 亡ぼう 存亡 means 'existence or extinction,' often used in phrases like 存亡の危機 (crisis of survival). 余喘 focuses on the weakened state itself rather than the binary outcome.
Etymology Composed of 余 (remaining, lingering) and 喘 (pant, gasp). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination suggests the image of a last, labored breath or a remnant of life.
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その 組そ 織しき は もはや 余よ 喘ぜん の 状じょう 態たい に 過す ぎ ない 。
The organization is now nothing more than a lingering shadow of its former self.
