最期

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいご [sáꜜìgò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [sa̠iɡo̞]

Noun

最(さい)期(ご) • (saigo)

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
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

Antonyms

See also

(not to be confused with) 最後(さいご) (saigo): last
死亡(しぼう) (shibō)
死去(しきょ) (shikyo)
消滅(しょうめつ) (shōmetsu)
滅亡(めつぼう) (metsubō)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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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