晩年 (bannen) Japanese meaning: one's later years | KotomoraHe spent his later years quietly.
The painter left a masterpiece in his final years.
Usage patterns
〈人〉が晩年を過ごすto spend one's later years (somewhere/doing something)
He spent his later years in a quiet country town.
晩年を迎えるto enter one's final years
The painter overcame illness and entered a peaceful old age.
晩年になって〈動詞〉to (do something) late in one's life
It was only in his later years that he finally began writing novels.
