残す【のこす】
Frequency rank: 730.
- to leave (behind)
- to leave (undone); to not finish
- to save; to set aside; to reserve
- to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
- to stay (in the ring); to hold onsumo
Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 残す【のこす】Frequency rank: 730.
- のこすFrequency rank: 51,357. – 52,626.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to leave (behind)
- to leave (undone); to not finish
- to save; to set aside; to reserve
- to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
- to stay (in the ring); to hold on
This meaning is used when something is intentionally left behind by someone.
This meaning is used when something is not completed or finished.
There is work left to do.
This meaning is used when something is put aside or reserved for future use.
This meaning is used when something is passed on to someone, especially after one's death.
This meaning is used in the context of sports or competition when someone stays in the ring or holds on to something.
Generated collocations (experimental)
のこす残すことthe act of leaving behindさいご最後までのこす残すto leave until the endおもいで思い出をのこす残すto leave memoriesしりょう資料をのこす残すto leave materials/documentsみかん未完のままのこす残すto leave unfinishedいさん遺産をのこす残すto bequeath inheritanceあまり余りをのこす残すto save the leftoversもんだい問題をのこす残すto leave problems (unresolved)ことばをのこす言葉を残すto leave words (say something meaningful)けっか結果をのこす残すto leave resultsしあい試合にのこる残るto stay in the match (to hold on)
Example sentences
156 results
I think there are probably few Japanese who know this side of the Emperor Meiji, the side that left a song like this.
Well, it's time for your decapitation. Don't you have any last words to say?
Don't think about leaving money for your kids, use it all up and enjoy yourself with flair.
I've heard about it. Your parents disappeared, running out on their debt didn't they?
The death of my mother left a big blank in my life.
Fingerprints left in the room proved the murderer's guilt.
The property left him by his father enables him to live in comfort.
The property left him by his father enables him to live in comfort.