Word · 単語
終始
Reading しゅうし
beginning and end
- 1 beginning and end
- 2 doing something from beginning to end, being unchanged from beginning to end
- 3 from beginning to end, the whole time, throughout, consistently
N1
JLPT
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#11561
frequency
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
彼女は落ち着いた態度に終始した。
She maintained a calm manner.
sense 1 · beginning and end
学生たちは終始じっと座っていた。
The students sat still all the time.
sense 2 · doing something from beginning to end
試合は終始一点を争うシーソーゲームだった。
The game was one point back and forth the whole game.
sense 2 · doing something from beginning to end
私服警官が終始大統領の身辺を固めていた。
The private detectives accompanied the President everywhere.
sense 2 · doing something from beginning to end
終始勉強ばかりしていないで、たまには外出して楽しみなさい。
Go out and have a good time once in a while instead of just studying all the time.
sense 1 · beginning and end