生き残り|いきのこりikinokori[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsurvival
   会社かいしゃは生き残いきのこりを賭かけて奮闘ふんとうしている。↗

   The company is struggling for survival.
2. nounsurvivor; relic

• SynonymサバイバルNeutralNeutral loanword for staying alive in extreme conditions, as in 「サバイバル術」; unlike 「生き残り」, it does not refer to the survivor as a person.
• Related生存せいぞんWrittenWritten word for continuing to live or exist; 「生き残り」 leans toward outlasting others in competition.
• Related存命ぞんめいFormalFormal word for being still alive, as in 「ご存命」; 「生き残り」 suggests having come through a disaster.
• Related生存者せいぞんしゃWrittenWritten style for a person who lived through a disaster; 「生き残り」 is more colloquial and can also refer to a company that survives.
• Related生還者せいかんしゃWrittenWritten style for someone who makes it back safely from danger; 「生き残り」 is the more colloquial everyday word.
• Related生残者せいざんしゃWrittenRare written word for a survivor of a disaster or accident; normally say 「生存者」 or 「生き残り」.
• Related生残せいざんWrittenRare written word for survival; in everyday speech say 「生き残り」.
• Related残存者ざんそんしゃWrittenWritten word for a person left behind after a disaster or accident; 「生き残り」 is the more common choice.
• Related死に損ないしにぞこないCasualColloquial insult for someone who escaped death, botched a suicide, or has outlived their time; 「生き残り」 carries no negative tinge.
• Antonym全滅ぜんめつNeutralAntonym: everyone or everything wiped out completely — the direct opposite of 「生き残り」.
• Antonym死に絶えWrittenWritten antonym: a family or group dies out completely, the opposite of 「生き残り」.

Use 「生き残り」 for surviving a disaster or outlasting rivals, as in 「生き残りをかける」. For a survivor in written prose pick 「生存者」; for extreme-condition survival use 「サバイバル」. The opposites are 「全滅」 and 「死に絶え」.

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1. いきのこること。生残せいざん。