下げ巻かん

noun

last volume; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)

Refers to the final volume in a set of two or three. In a two-volume set, it is the second; in a three-volume set, it is the third. Often contrasted with 上巻 (first volume) and 中巻 (middle volume).

See also: 上巻 · 中巻

• この小しょう説せつの下げ巻かんは来らい月げつ発はつ売ばいされます。

  The last volume of this novel will be released next month.

• 上じょう下げ巻かんのうち、下げ巻かんだけを先さきに読よんでしまった。

  I ended up reading only the second volume of the two-volume set first.