noun
sentence-final inflection; terminational mode
In Japanese grammar, the inflectional form that ends a sentence, such as the shūshikei (終止形) in classical Japanese or the dictionary form in modern Japanese.
古典文法では、終止法は文を終わらせる活用形を指す。
In classical grammar, shūshihō refers to the inflectional form that ends a sentence.
noun
In music, a melodic or harmonic formula that brings a phrase to a close.
この楽章は完全終止法で終わる。
This movement ends with a perfect cadence.