末期(まっき)

まっき
noun
final stage, terminal phase
time-periodhistory
1. final stage, terminal phase, end period
The last stage or closing period of something, whether a historical era, a process, or a disease. Often implies decline or approaching end.
江戸(えど)時代(じだい)の末期(まっき)に開国(かいこく)した。
Japan opened its borders in the final period of the Edo era.
末期(まっき)がんと診断(しんだん)された。
He was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
ローマ帝国(ていこく)の末期(まっき)は政治(せいじ)が混乱(こんらん)していた。
Politics were in turmoil in the final period of the Roman Empire.

Usage

Used as a noun modifier: 末期(まっき)の or as a prefix: 末期(まっき)がん (terminal cancer). Very common in both historical contexts (the final period of an era) and medical contexts (terminal stage of a disease). Also read as まつご in the compound 末期(まつご)の水(みず) (water given to a dying person).

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Related Words

Antonym: 初期(しょき) (early period, initial stage)
Compare: 終末 (end)
Related: 初頭(しょとう) (beginning of a period)
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