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残んの (のこんの) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

残のこんの

Meanings

1

pre-noun adjectival

remaining; leftover

poetical term

Poetic rentaishi (pre-noun adjectival) meaning 'remaining'. Used in classical or literary contexts; in modern Japanese, 残りの is the normal form.

See also: 残り

残のこんの月つきが空そらに浮うかんでいた。
The remaining moon hung in the sky.

Kanji

残remainder, leftover, balance

Similar words

残のこり
残り is the standard noun meaning 'remainder' or 'leftover', while 残んの is a rare, poetic pre-noun form used only before nouns.

Etymology

Derived from the classical rentaishi form of 残る (のこる, 'to remain'). The ん is a contracted form of the classical attributive ending る, giving 残んの the meaning 'remaining'.