居残る|いのこるinokoru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
    ホワイト先生せんせいはトムに放課後ほうかご居残いのこるように命令めいれいした。↗
    Ms. White ordered that Tom should stay after school.
Conjugation
Dictionary form居残る(いのこる)
Polite (masu)居残ります(いのこります)
Negative (nai)居残らない(いのこらない)
polite (masen)居残りません(いのこりません)
classical zu / nu居残らず・居残らぬ(いのこらず・いのこらぬ)
Past (ta)居残った(いのこった)
polite (mashita)居残りました(いのこりました)
Past negative (nakatta)居残らなかった(いのこらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)居残りませんでした(いのこりませんでした)
Te form居残って(いのこって)
Potential居残れる(いのこれる)
Passive居残られる(いのこられる)
Causative居残らせる(いのこらせる)
Causative passive居残らせられる・居残らされる(いのこらせられる・いのこらされる)
Conditional (ba)居残れば(いのこれば)
tara居残ったら(いのこったら)
Volitional居残ろう(いのころう)
polite (mashou)居残りましょう(いのこりましょう)
Imperative居残れ(いのこれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym居座るいすわるCasualColloquial for staying put and refusing to budge, often occupying a seat or position; unlike 「居残る」, it carries a cheeky, negative nuance.
  • Synonym残るのこるNeutralThe everyday word for remaining or being left, covering a much wider range than 「居残る」; use it for general staying or what is left over.
  • Synonym居続けるいつづけるNeutralMeans simply staying on in the same place, often implying a long stay; it does not suggest that others have already left, as 「居残る」 does.
  • Antonym帰るかえるNeutralThe opposite of 「居残る」: going back or leaving for home instead of staying behind.
  • Antonym退出するWrittenA written, formal word for leaving a place; the formal counterpart to staying behind, opposite of 「居残る」.

Use 「居残る」 for staying behind after others leave or working late, as in 「居残り練習」. For staying in general pick 「残る」; for lingering shamelessly, 「居座る」; for a long stay, 「居続ける」. The opposites are 「帰る」 and formal 「退出する」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 周囲しゅういの人ひとが居いなくなってもその場ばに残のこる。
  2. 定刻ていこくになってもその場ばに残のこる。
  3. 残業ざんぎょうする。
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