名残り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	残
な Grade: 1	のこ > ご Grade: 4
kun’yomi	irregular

Alternative spellings
名殘り (kyūjitai) 名残

Etymology

Possibly from abbreviation of 波 (nami, “wave”) +‎ 残り (nokori, “remainder”), i.e. “the remainder of a wave”.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なごり [nàgórí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
(Tokyo) なごり [nàgóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [na̠ɡo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

名(な)残(ご)り • (nagori)

vestiges, remains, relics
the sadness of saying goodbye
parting

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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