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[まっ()·()]
makki
noun, noun or verb acting prenominally

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makki

English Meaning(s) for 末期

noun
  1. closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; end-of-life (care, decision making, etc.)
noun or verb acting prenominally
  1. terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

Definition and Synonyms for 末期

End a final part or section
Synonyms: しまう, じまい, エンド, ラスト, エピローグ, フィニッシュ, 仕舞い, 大切, 大切り, 大団円, 大尾, , 最後, 最期, 最終, , , , , 末尾, 末つ方, 末期, 末期, , , 終わり, 終わる, 終局, 終幕, 終期, 終末, 終点, 終盤, 結尾, 結局
End a final state
Synonyms: しまう, じまい, エンド, おしまい, フィニッシュ, 仕舞い, , 幕切れ, 最後, 最期, 最終, 末尾, 末つ方, 末期, 末期, 末路, 果て, 果てる, 消滅, 滅亡, , 終わり, 終わる, 終局, 終幕, 終期, 終末, 終点, 終焉, 終盤, 終結, 結尾, 結末, 閉幕
Deathbed the last few hours before death
Synonyms: 末期, 末期, 臨終
Finish the temporal end
Synonyms: しまう, じまい, ラスト, おしまい, 仕舞い, 最後, , , , , 末期, 末期, , 終わり, 終わる, 終局, 終末, 終焉, 結末, 閉幕
Finish the concluding time
Synonyms: しまう, じまい, ラスト, おしまい, 仕舞い, 最後, , , , , 末期, 末期, , 終わり, 終わる, 終局, 終末, 終焉, 結末, 閉幕

Meanings for each kanji in 末期

» end; close; tip; powder; posterity
» period; time; date; term

Categories 末期 is a member of

State the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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Part one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
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Time Of Life a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
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End the point in time at which something ends
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Sample Sentences for 末期

The setting of the story is Japan in the late Meiji period.
I lost my grandfather to cancer this year.
My grandfather succumbed to a terminal cancer this year.
Suffering from terminal cancer, he was thrown out of a certain veteran hospital in New York three times because he adamantly rejected blood transfusions.

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