How to say "remains" in Japanese

• 名残なごりJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers remains as traces or vestiges — what still lingers of something that is fading or gone, such as the last traces of a season or of old customs.
• 遺体いたいCommon
  nounThis is the word for human remains — the body of someone who has died, as in news of an accident or at a funeral.
  その遺体いたいの身元みもとは頬ほおのほくろで確認かくにんされた。↗

  The dead body was identified by a mole on the cheek.
• 廃墟はいきょCommon
  nounCovers remains in the sense of ruins — a deserted building, town, or the like that has fallen into ruin. When 'remains' means crumbling structures, this is the word.
  その塔とうは廃墟はいきょの中なかに立たっていた。↗

  The tower stood amid the ruins.
• 遺物いぶつCommon
  nounCovers remains as objects left behind — relics or mementos, such as belongings of someone who has died or items unearthed from the past; not a body or a building.
• あまりJLPT N5approx.Common
  no-adjectiveFor remains meaning leftovers or the rest of something — what is left of a meal, for instance. It is usually written in kana alone and treats 'remains' as simply what is left over.
  ぎょうざの具ぐのあまりは？餃子ぎょーざを家いえで作つくりましたが、皮かわが少すくなかったせいか、具ぐが少すこし余あまってしまいました。↗

  Gyoza stuffing? I made some gyoza at home but, possibly because I didn't have enough dough, I had some of the filling left over.

Choose 名残 for lingering traces or vestiges, 遺体 for a dead body, 廃墟 for ruins of buildings or towns, 遺物 for relics or objects left behind, and 「あまり」 for leftovers or the rest of something.

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• 名残なごりremains
• 遺体いたい(dead) body
• 廃墟はいきょruins (of a building, town, etc.)
• 遺物いぶつrelic
• あまりremainder
• 亡骸なきがらremains
• 残滓ざんしremains
• 死骸しがい(dead) body
• 遺骸いがいremains
• 名表なおもてremains
• 切っ端きっぱしremains
• 余り物あまりものleftovers
• 旧址きゅうしhistoric ruins
• 旧墟きゅうきょruins
• あんましremainder
• 遺跡いせき(archeological) remains
• 遺構いこう(archaeological) remains
• 跡あとsite
• 遺骨いこつremains (of war dead)
• 形骸けいがいframework (of a building, etc.)