残ざん存ぞん

also: ざんそん

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残存する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	残ざん存ぞんする	残ざん存ぞんしない
Polite	残ざん存ぞんします	残ざん存ぞんしません
Past polite	残ざん存ぞんしました	残ざん存ぞんしませんでした
Past	残ざん存ぞんした	残ざん存ぞんしなかった
Te-form	残ざん存ぞんして	残ざん存ぞんしないで
Desire	残ざん存ぞんしたい	残ざん存ぞんしたくない
Potential	残ざん存ぞんできる	残ざん存ぞんできない
Passive	残ざん存ぞんされる	残ざん存ぞんされない
Causative	残ざん存ぞんさせる	残ざん存ぞんさせない
Causative passive	残ざん存ぞんさせられる	残ざん存ぞんさせられない
Volitional	残ざん存ぞんしよう
Polite volitional	残ざん存ぞんしましょう
Imperative	残ざん存ぞんしろ	残ざん存ぞんするな
Conditional	残ざん存ぞんすれば	残ざん存ぞんしなければ
Tara conditional	残ざん存ぞんしたら	残ざん存ぞんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

survival; remaining; being extant

Refers to something that continues to exist, often despite adverse conditions or the passage of time. Used for physical objects, traditions, customs, or abstract concepts.

古ふるい町まち並なみが今いまも残ざん存ぞんしている。
The old townscape still remains today.
この地ち域いきには昔むかしの風ふう習しゅうが残ざん存ぞんする。
Old customs survive in this region.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が残ざん存ぞんするfor something to remain/survive
古ふるい建たて物ものがまだ残ざん存ぞんしている。
The old building still remains standing.
〈事こと〉の影えい響きょうが残ざん存ぞんするfor the effects of something to linger
戦せん争そうの影えい響きょうが今いまも残ざん存ぞんしている。
The effects of the war still linger today.

Kanji

残remainder, leftover, balance
存exist, suppose, be aware of

Related words· 6

残のこるN4
残る is the common, everyday verb for 'to remain' or 'to be left', while 残存 is a formal, often written term for something continuing to exist despite time or adverse conditions.
生せい存ぞんN2
生存 specifically means 'survival' for living things, while 残存 can describe both living things and non-living objects or concepts that remain.
存そん続ぞくN1
存続 emphasizes the continued existence or persistence of a system, institution, or practice, whereas 残存 emphasizes something remaining or lingering as a remnant.
現げん存ぞん
現存 highlights that something presently exists right now, while 残存 emphasizes that something has survived or been left over from the past.

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生いき残のこり
残存 describes remaining or surviving in an abstract or statistical sense (e.g. remnants or residual amounts), whereas 生き残り focuses on living beings or tangible things that have survived.
残ざん留りゅう
残存 also means 'remaining' but emphasizes something that persists or survives over a long time, such as old customs, while 残留 is more neutral about duration.

Opposites

消しょう滅めつN1
消滅 means 'extinction' or 'disappearance', the direct opposite of 残存, which means something continues to exist or remain.

Don't confuse with

残ざん留りゅう
残留 refers to something staying behind or residual matter remaining in a specific place, while 残存 is broader, describing abstract or concrete things that continue to exist over time.

Written forms

残存Usage100%
- ざんぞん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ざんぞん is the most common.
- ざんそん
  Alternate reading ざんそん is less common but still encountered.
ざんそん

Etymology

Compound of 残 (remain) and 存 (exist). The reading ざんぞん is the standard on'yomi combination; ざんそん is a variant.