survive + -al

source: Chew. | Gakkou Gurashi / School-Live! | Know Your Meme

the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances:

生き残ること, 生存; 存続; 〖形容詞的に〗生存の; 非常時用の

e.g. the animal's chances of survival were pretty low

e.g. figurative : he was fighting for his political survival.

an object or practice that has continued to exist from an earlier time:

生き残った人, 生存者; «…からの» 残存物, 遺物, 遺風 «from»

e.g. his shorts were a survival from his army days.

Biology the continued existence of organisms which are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others, as a concept in the Darwinian theory of evolution. Compare with natural selection.