餘孽 [ㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄝˋ; yu2 nie4]
  remaining evil element
  surviving members (of evil former regime)
  dregs (of colonial administration)
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  余蘖
  余孽
  よげつ
  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  see: 蘖え
  [esp. 余蘖]
  sprouts from a stump
  [esp. 余孽]
  ruined family surviving through a descendant
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