Illustration: At a family dining table, a diner with a comfortably full stomach sets their chopsticks onto a rest and gently pushes their plate away. Most of the meal is gone, but two broccoli florets and a large piece of carrot remain conspicuously untouched on the otherwise cleared plate.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

残のこす

nokosu

to leave behind

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは一ひとつの袋ふくろは運はこんできたが、もう一ひとつのほうは後あとへ残のこしてきた。

    I carried one bag, but the other one was left behind.

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  2. 犯人はんにんは足跡あしあとを残のこしていた。

    The criminal left footprints.

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  3. 腕うでの傷きずは跡あとを残のこした。

    The wound in the arm left a scar.

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Kanji in 残

  • 残remainder; leftoverOnザン・サンKunのこる・のこす・そこなう

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