- 残念【ざんねん】 - regrettable, unfortunate, disappointing, vexing 
- 残る【のこる】 - to remain, to be left 
- 残す【のこす】 - 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, to stay (in the ring), to hold on 
- 残り【のこり】 - remnant, residue, remaining, left-over 
- 生き残る【いきのこる】 - to survive 
- 残酷【ざんこく】 - cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless, inhuman 
- 残業【ざんぎょう】 - overtime (work) 
- 残らず【のこらず】 - all, entirely, completely, without exception 
- 残高【ざんだか】 - (bank) balance, remainder 
- 無残【むざん】 - cruel, merciless, atrocious, ruthless, cold-blooded, pitiful, tragic, horrible, miserable, breaking a religious precept without shame 
- 名残【なごり】 - remains, traces, vestiges, relics, (the sorrow of) parting, end 
- 残暑【ざんしょ】 - late summer heat, lingering summer heat 
- 生き残り【いきのこり】 - survival, survivor, relic 
- 残った分【のこったぶん】 - amount left over, remaining portion 
- 残忍【ざんにん】 - brutal, cruel, merciless, ruthless, cold-blooded 
- 残留【ざんりゅう】 - staying behind, remaining, residual 
- 取り残す【とりのこす】 - to leave behind 
- 残虐【ざんぎゃく】 - cruel, brutal, savage, barbarous 
- 残塁【ざんるい】 - left on base, remnant fort 
- 残存【ざんぞん】 - survival, remaining, being extant, being left