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余韻

よいん

lingering resonance, aftertaste

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Examples

  1. 余韻の残る結末だった。

    よいんののこるけつまつだった。

    It was an ending that lingered.

  2. 鐘の余韻が長く続いた。

    かねのよいんがながくつづいた。

    The echo of the bell went on for a long time.

  3. 演奏が終わっても客席は余韻に浸っていた。

    えんそうがおわってもきゃくせきはよいんにひたっていた。

    Even after the performance ended, the audience was still savouring the afterglow.

Common patterns

余韻が残る
to linger, leave a resonance
余韻に浸る
to bask in the afterglow
余韻を味わう
to savour the lingering feeling

Memory tip

Literally the sound still ringing after a bell is struck, and by extension the feeling a film, concert or farewell leaves behind. 名残 is closer to 'traces of something now gone'; 余韻 is the resonance itself still in the air.

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