売れ残り — meaning in English

English meaning

• remainder noun Whatever is left over once part of something has been taken away or used up.
• spinster noun An older, unmarried woman, especially one past the age when marriage was traditionally expected.

Senses

売れ残り is used for these senses in English:

• remainder (commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
• sheng nu (pejorative) A woman in her mid- to late twenties and not yet married, particularly an unmarried successful businesswoman.
• spinster (sometimes, derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

remainder — full definition

1. noun Whatever is left over once part of something has been taken away or used up.
2. noun In arithmetic, the number left over when one number doesn't divide evenly into another.
3. noun Unsold copies of a book or other stock, later sold off cheaply.

Related Japanese words