Word · 単語
末
Reading すえ
end
- 1 end, tip, top
- 2 end (of the year, month, etc.), close
- 3 youngest child
- 4 descendants, offspring, posterity — usu. 〜の末
- 5 future
- 6 (finally) after, (at last) after, at the end of — as 〜の末 or 〜した末
- 7 trifles, trivialities
- 8 degenerate age
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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
結婚式は十月末に行われる。
The wedding will take place at the end of October.
sense 1 · end
よく考えた末、私は家にいることに決めた。
After some careful thought, I elected to stay at home.
sense 6 · (finally) after
末の娘にはいつもリンゴの３分の１が与えられる。
One-third of an apple is always given to our youngest daughter.
sense 3 · youngest child
彼は来月の末でここに１０年間住むことになる。
He will have lived here for ten years by the end of next month.
sense 2 · end (of the year, month, etc.)
夏の末と秋には紅葉が見られる。
In late summer and autumn one can see the leaves change colour.