打うち止どめ

noun

end; closing; finish

Used for the scheduled end of an event, performance, game, or sales period. Common in sumo (final match), concerts, and limited-time offers.

• 本ほん日じつの公こう演えんは打うち止どめとなりました。

  Today's performance has come to an end.

• 大おお相撲ずもうの打うち止どめ一いち番ばんは横よこ綱づな同どう士しの対たい戦せんだった。

  The final bout of the sumo tournament was a match between two yokozuna.

noun

closing a pachinko machine

Specific to pachinko parlors: the machine is closed after paying out its maximum designated amount. Not used outside this context.

• その台だいは打うち止どめになったので、別べつの台だいに移うつった。

  That machine was closed, so I moved to another one.