Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
のこ > ご
Grade: 4
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spellings
名殘り (kyūjitai)
名残

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()() (nagori

  1. vestiges, remains, relics
  2. the sadness of saying goodbye
  3. parting

References edit

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN