Kana: のこす
Kanji: 残す
Romaji: nokosu

Type: verb

Meaning: to leave (behind; over)

Example sentences:

大きな荷物は全部ここに残してください。
ookina nimotsu wa zenbu koko ni nokoshite kudasai.
Please leave your big luggage here.

シズカはわずかな隙間を残してドアを閉め、心臓の鼓動をなんとかしずめようとした。
shizuka wa wazukana sukima o nokoshite doa o shime, shinzou no kodou o nan toka shizumeyou to shita.
Shizuka closed the door except for a crack and tried to make her heart beat more slowly.

今回の件で私に悪いお気持は残されませんように。
konkai no ken de watashi ni warui okimochi wa nokosaremasen you ni.
I hope you will not entertain any resentment at what has occurred.

彼はエミリーを残した部屋に戻った。
kare wa emirii o nokoshita heya ni modotta.
He went back to the room where he had left Emily.

彼女は残してあったパンを食べた。
She ate the bread she had saved.
Kanojo wa nokoshite atta pan o tabeta.

そんな痕跡を残すのはどういう武器？
What sort of weapon leaves marks like that?
Sonna konseki o nokosu no wa dou iu buki?

なぜ彼は、あんな大金を彼らに残したんでしょう？
Why did he leave them all that money?
Naze kare wa, anna taikin o karera ni nokoshitan deshou?

たとえ短期間でも、娘をひとりきりで街頭に残しておきたくない。
I don’t want to leave my daughter alone on the street for even a short time.
Tatoe tankikan demo, musume o hitori kiri de gaitou ni nokoshite okitakunai.

Similar words:

置く (oku)

Meaning in other languages:

Chinese: 留下 (liúxià)
Korean: 남기다 (namgida)
In French: laisser
In Spanish: dejar
In German: zurücklassen
In Italian: lasciare