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名残 (なごり, nagori) Japanese meaning: remains | Kotomora
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じ
代だい
の
名残なごり
が
残のこ
っ
て
いる
。
Vestiges of the old era still remain in the town.
A wind was blowing that carried traces of autumn.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと〉 〉 の 名残なごり がある there are traces/remnants of 〈事〉
This town still has traces of the Edo period.
〈 人ひと〉 〉 との 名残なごり を 惜お しむ to feel reluctant about parting from someone
At the graduation ceremony, we were sad to part from our friends.
名残なごり の 〈 物もの〉 〉 the last (of a season/event)
The last of the autumn leaves were beautiful.
名残なごり をとどめる to retain traces (of something past)
The old building still retains traces of the past.
Expressions 名残なごり の 花はな lingering flower; last flower on the branch Kanji 名 name, noted, distinguished 残 remainder, leftover, balance Related words· 6 余韻 refers to a lingering feeling or resonance—often emotional or auditory—after something ends, while 名残 more broadly covers any lingering traces, whether physical, seasonal, or emotional.
面影 is the mental image or impression that remains in one's memory of a person or place, whereas 名残 refers to actual physical or temporal traces of something that has passed.
残り is the plain, everyday word for 'the rest' or leftover amount, while 名残 carries a more poetic sense of lingering traces or emotional attachment.
痕跡 is used for concrete physical marks or evidence left behind, while 名残 often adds an emotional or seasonal nuance beyond mere physical traces.
Show 2 more 名残 is the general word for a lingering trace of the past, while 影 in this sense paints a fainter, almost ghost-like remnant of someone's former self.
後味 is the specific lingering impression right after an event, while 名残 is a broader trace or vestige that can persist for a long time, such as remnants of a season or era.
Don't confuse with 名残 refers to a lingering trace or vestige of something past (like a season or parting), while 心残り is the feeling of unfinished business or regret itself.
名残 (なごり) means a nostalgic remnant or vestige of something past, while 余波 read なごり is a rare, purely literal term for lingering waves, so the two overlap only in reading, not meaning.
名残 is just the noun for 'remnants' or 'traces' left behind, whereas 名残惜しい adds 惜しい to express the actual emotion of not wanting to say goodbye.
Word family reluctant to part; hard to say goodbye; lingering attachment
end of outdoor baths (in autumn)
lingering snow; late-winter or early-spring snow
Written forms 名残なごり Usage 51%
名な 残ご り Usage 33%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; less common but still seen.
なごり Usage 16%
Etymology Developed from 波残り, “what remains after a wave recedes.” Its meanings broadened from lingering traces left by waves to remnants generally and the lingering emotion of parting.
