To Leave Behind
To Leave Over
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means remainder, but you can't really "to remainder." What is something that's similar that would make sense? How about to leave behind. This is when you're actually doing the leaving behind too. For example, you eat some food and you leave behind your rice because you're a bad child. You can remember this because of す. Every time you leave some food behind your mom would sue you, because she was a terrible mom. Imagine this.
The reading for this word can come from level 14 item 残る. Associate the two in your mind and you'll be able to read both.
名を残す
to leave one's mark, to go down in history
メッセージを残す
to leave a message
作品を残す
to leave a work of art
世に残す
to leave something for the world at large
手元に残す
to keep something on hand
心に残す
to keep something in one's heart, to leave something in one's heart
食べ物を残すのは良くないですよ。
It is not good to leave behind food.
ブログにコメントを残しました。
I left a comment on your blog.
いつか世に名を残せるような大物になるつもりです。
I intend to be a big name in the world someday.