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(the) most; ‑est
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back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
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trad. (最後)
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simp. (最后)
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Pronunciation
Adjective
最後
- final; last; ultimate
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
最後 (“the last; in the end”)
Antonyms
Adverb
最後
- finally; in the end; ultimately
Synonyms
- 結果/结果 (jiéguǒ)
- 最終/最终 (zuìzhōng)
- (colloquial) 臨了/临了 (línliǎo)
- (Hokkien) 促尾
Antonyms
Noun
最後
- end
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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
最後 • (saigo)
- last, end, conclusion
- 最初から最後まで
- saisho kara saigo made
- from beginning to end
- last, final
- 平成最後の日
- Heisei saigo no hi
- last day of Heisei
Usage notes
Not to be confused with "最期 (saigo)". "最後" means "end of something", "最期" means "end of life".
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Common
- 最後尾 (さいこうび, saikōbi): end of a queue
- 最後の最後に (さいごのさいごに, saigo no saigo ni): final performance
- 最後の舞台 (さいごのぶたい, saigo no butai): at the last moment
Uncommon
- 最後の審判 (さいごのしんぱん, saigo no shinpan): Final Judgement
- 最後通告 (さいごつうこく, saigo tsūkoku): final warning; ultimatum
- 最後発 (さいこうはつ, saikō hatsu): last entrant
- 最後まで (さいごまで, saigo made): to the end, to the last
- 最後列 (さいこうれつ, saikō retsu): last row
- 最後列車 (さいごれっしゃ, saigo ressha): last train
- 最後に笑うものが最もよく笑う (さいごにわらうものがもっともよくわらう, saigo ni warau mono ga mottomo yoku warau): "He who laughs last laughs hardest"
Rare
- 最後っ屁 (さいごっぺ, saigoppe): fart of desperation
- 最後通牒 (さいごつうちょう, saigo tsūchō): ultimatum
- 最後の晩餐 (さいごばんさん, saigo no bansan): the Last Supper
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN