How to say "relic" in Japanese

• 遺物いぶつCommon
  nounFor 'relic' as a tangible thing: a physical object remaining from a past age, or a memento. Use it for physical remains, not for a person who has outlived an era.
• 生き残りいきのこりCommon
  nounThis word is primarily 'survivor'; its 'relic' use is figurative, for a person or thing that has survived from an earlier age. For a physical object left from the past, 遺物 is the word.

Choose 遺物 when 'relic' means a physical object left from the past — remains or a memento; choose 「生き残り」 for the figurative sense of a person or thing that has survived from an earlier age.

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• 遺物いぶつrelic
• レリックrelic
• 遺愛いあいbequest
• 聖遺物せいいぶつrelics
• 生き残りいきのこりsurvivor