残滓
also: ざんさい
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Meanings
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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
Refers to what is left behind after something has been removed, filtered, or has passed; can be physical residue, dregs, or figurative remnants of a past era or system.
Coffee dregs had collected at the bottom of the cup.
That system is said to be a vestige of the feudal era.