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生き残り (いきのこり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

生いき残のこり

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Meanings

1

survival; remaining alive

The state or fact of having survived, often after a disaster, war, or difficult period.

震しん災さい後ごの生いき残のこりは奇き跡せきだった。
Survival after the earthquake was a miracle.

彼かれの生いき残のこりは幸こう運うんとしか言いいようがない。

His survival can only be described as good luck.

2

survivor; relic

A person who has survived, or something that remains from the past. When referring to a person, it often carries a sense of having endured hardship.

彼かれはあの事じ故この唯ゆい一いつの生いき残のこりだ。
He is the sole survivor of that accident.
この建たて物ものは戦せん前ぜんの生いき残のこりです。
This building is a relic from before the war.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の生いき残のこりa survivor of <event>
戦せん争そうの生いき残のこりとして、彼かれはその経けい験けんを語かたり続つづけた。
As a survivor of the war, he continued to tell his story.
生いき残のこりをかけるto stake one's survival (on something)
会かい社しゃは生いき残のこりをかけて新あたらしい戦せん略りゃくを立たてた。
The company staked its survival on a new strategy.
生いき残のこり戦せん略りゃくsurvival strategy
企き業ぎょうは生いき残のこり戦せん略りゃくを模も索さくしている。
The company is exploring a survival strategy.
唯ゆい一いつの生いき残のこりthe sole survivor
彼かれはその事じ故この唯ゆい一いつの生いき残のこりだった。
He was the sole survivor of the accident.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
残remainder, leftover, balance

Related words

生せい存ぞんN2sense 1
生存 is a formal or technical term for existing/surviving, often used in legal or biological contexts, while 生き残り is more concrete and personal, emphasizing having come through a dangerous or difficult situation.
残ざん存ぞん sense 1
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.
サバイバル
生き残り is a plain, everyday word for 'surviving' or 'a survivor' in ordinary situations, while サバイバル emphasizes enduring harsh or extreme conditions, often with a competitive or outdoor-adventure feel.

Opposites

死し者しゃN1sense 2
死者 refers to those who died, the direct opposite of 生き残り, which refers to those who survived.

Written forms

生いき残のこりUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
生いき残のこりUsage3%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not commonly used.

Etymology

Compound of 生き (iki, 'living') + 残り (nokori, 'remaining'). The verb 生き残る (ikinokoru) means 'to survive', and this is its nominalized form.