有ゆう期き

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

fixed-term; definite period

Used in legal, contractual, and administrative contexts to describe something with a set duration, as opposed to indefinite or permanent. Often appears in compounds like 有期契約 (fixed-term contract) or 有期刑 (determinate sentence).

Antonyms: 無期

• この仕し事ごとは有ゆう期き契けい約やくで、期き間かんは一いち年ねんです。

  This job is a fixed-term contract, and the period is one year.

• 有ゆう期き刑けいと無む期き刑けいでは、刑けい期きの定さだめ方かたが異ことなります。

  Determinate and indeterminate sentences differ in how the prison term is set.