末期

末季

Reading

Kana: まっき

Romaji: makki

Definitions

noun

1

closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; end-of-life (care, decision making, etc.)

2

terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

Kanji

末

Readings: マツ、 バツ、 すえ

Meanings: end, close, tip, powder, posterity

期

Readings: キ、 ゴ

Meanings: period, time, date, term

季

Reading: キ

Meaning: seasons

Example Sentence

その物語(ものがたり)の舞台(ぶたい)は明治(めいじ)末期(まっき)の日本(にっぽん)である。

➥The setting of the story is Japan in the late Meiji period.