面影

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 面影, read おもかげ, is a remembered appearance or a trace of an earlier form.
• Basic usage: 幼い頃の面影が残る finds childhood traces in a face; 昔の面影を失う describes a rebuilt station losing its former appearance.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A remaining trace and a lost former appearance
  • The trace takes が with 残る and を with 失う; it can concern a person or a place.