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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

生いき残のこり

ikinokori

survivor

Example sentences

  1. 斎藤一さいとうはじめなど、生いき残のこりの新選組隊士しんせんぐみたいしらとも交流こうりゅうが続つづいていた。

    He maintained exchange with the Shinsengumi survivors including Hajime SAITO.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 一時期いちじき、京都きょうとで流行はやった豚骨醤油とんこつしょうゆラーメンを出だす店みせの数少かずすくない生いき残のこり。

    One of a few survivors of pork bone broth soy sauce ramen stores that were once popular in Kyoto.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 氷河期ひょうがきからの生いき残のこりとされる生物せいぶつと温暖地おんだんちに生息せいそくする生物せいぶつが共存きょうぞんしており、学術的がくじゅつてきにも貴重きちょうな池いけである。

    Living things that are presumably survivors from the Ice Age and those that make the warm-temperature region their habitat coexist here, making Midoroga-ike Pond a pond of scientific value.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 生残

  • 生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・いける
  • 残remainder; leftoverOnザン・サンKunのこる・のこす・そこなう

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