最期

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
最 期
さい
Grade: 4 		ご
Grade: 3
on'yomi goon

Pronunciation

Noun

最(さい)期(ご) • (saigo) 

  1. death; downfall, collapse; end of life; last moment
    彼(かれ)は戦争(せんそう)で悲惨(ひさん)な最期(さいご)を遂(と)げた。
    Kare wa sensō de hisan na saigo o togeta.
    He met a terrible death in the war.
    帝国(ていこく)の最期(さいご)
    teikoku no saigo
    the downfall of an empire
  2. the extinction of a family
    平家(たいらけ)の最期(さいご)
    Taira-ke no saigo
    the extinction of the Taira clan

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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