残らず

What it means

What 残らず means? It denotes doing something in its entirety with no exceptions, applied to actions that involve every item or person in a group, emphasizing thorough reach or completeness.

Main meanings

• All of something; no exceptions
• Completely; without leaving any remnant
• Used to stress thoroughness or universality of an action in formal or literary contexts

How to use it

Used in formal writing and in everyday speech to indicate that every item or person is affected; it attaches to verbs and is often used with past or present contexts. 会議の資料は残らず配布された。彼は約束を残らず守った。