残す
のこす · nokosu
To leave (behind)
- to leave (undone), to not finish
- to save, to set aside, to reserve
- to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death), to bequeath
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 残しますのこします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 残しませんのこしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 残しましたのこしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 残しませんでしたのこしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 残しましょうのこしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 残しのこし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 残したいのこしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 残しながらのこしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 残してのこして |
| Plain past (た形) | 残したのこした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 残したらのこしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 残しているのこしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 残さないのこさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 残さなかったのこさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 残さなくてのこさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 残せるのこせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 残せばのこせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 残せのこせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 残そうのこそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 残されるのこされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 残させるのこさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 残させられるのこさせられる |
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What does 残す mean?
To leave (behind). It can also mean: to leave (undone), to not finish; to save, to set aside, to reserve; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death), to bequeath.
How do you pronounce 残す?
のこす (nokosu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 残す?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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