残存|ざんぞんzanzon[0]heiban (flat)
ざんそんzanson[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsurvival; remaining; being extant; being left
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 残存する（ざんぞんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 残存します（ざんぞんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 残存しない（ざんぞんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 残存しません（ざんぞんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 残存せず・残存せぬ（ざんぞんせず・ざんぞんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 残存した（ざんぞんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 残存しました（ざんぞんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 残存しなかった（ざんぞんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 残存しませんでした（ざんぞんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 残存して（ざんぞんして） |
| Potential | 残存できる（ざんぞんできる） |
| Passive | 残存される（ざんぞんされる） |
| Causative | 残存させる（ざんぞんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 残存させられる（ざんぞんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 残存すれば（ざんぞんすれば） |
| tara | 残存したら（ざんぞんしたら） |
| Volitional | 残存しよう（ざんぞんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 残存しましょう（ざんぞんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 残存しろ（ざんぞんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym残るのこるNeutralThe everyday verb for something being left or remaining; 「残存」 is a written word used mostly for ruins, forces, or residual matter.
- Synonym生き残るいきのこるNeutralSaid of people who live on after others have died, also figuratively for outlasting rivals in competition; the emphasis is on surviving.
- Synonym消え残るきえのこるNeutralMeans something does not vanish completely but lingers, as in 「消え残る雪」; used for what is left of light, snow and the like.
- Related居座るいすわるNeutralTo hang on where one is or cling to a seat or position, e.g. a typhoon stalling over an area; carries a negative nuance.
- Related持ちこたえるもちこたえるNeutralTo hold out and keep a situation from getting worse; the emphasis is on enduring, not on something remaining behind.
- Related生き延びるいきのびるNeutralTo survive when one might well have died, or to live on longer, as in 「災害を生き延びる」; 「残存」 is written style and mostly for things left behind.
- Related生きるいきるNeutralThe broadest verb for being alive or living; it does not carry the sense of something remaining after the rest is gone.
- Related生存せいぞんNeutralFor living things staying alive, as in 「生存者」; the emphasis is on the continuation of life.
- Related滞留たいりゅうNeutralTo stay somewhere for a stretch of time, or for goods and the like to pile up; the emphasis is on stagnation.
- Related居残るいのこるNeutralTo stay behind after everyone else has left, also to work overtime; a colloquial word.
- Related生き抜くいきぬくNeutralTo live through hardship and keep going to the end; the emphasis is on tenacious struggle to survive.
- Antonym消滅しょうめつNeutralAntonym: to vanish completely or cease to exist; the opposite of 「残存」, which means part is left.
- Antonym滅失めっしつWrittenAntonym: destruction or loss; a written word and a legal term, the opposite of 「残存」.
- Antonym消亡WrittenAntonym: to die out or perish; the opposite of 「残存」, and a word of written/formal prose.
Use 「残存」 in written style for what remains when not everything is gone, as in 「残存する遺跡」 or 「残存兵力」. In everyday speech say 「残る」; for people who survive say 「生き残る」. 「消え残る」 fits things like snow or light that have not fully vanished, 「生き延びる」 and 「生き抜く」 are for surviving hardship, 「生存」 for life continuing, and 「居残る」 for staying behind or working overtime. The antonym is 「消滅」.
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