末すえ々ずえ

noun, adverb

distant future; far-off days

Refers to a time far ahead, often with a sense of looking forward or planning. Can be used adverbially as 末々に.

• 末すえ々ずえのことを考かんがえて貯ちょ金きんする。

  I save money thinking about the distant future.

• この計けい画かくは末すえ々ずえに大おおきな成せい果かをもたらすだろう。

  This plan will bring great results in the long run.

noun

descendants; future generations

Dated term for one's descendants or posterity. Now more commonly expressed as 子孫.

• 彼かれは末すえ々ずえに財ざい産さんを残のこした。

  He left his fortune to his descendants.

noun

common people; lower classes

Dated term for the lower social strata or ordinary folk. Archaic in modern usage; replaced by 庶民 or 一般大衆.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、末すえ々ずえは厳きびしい生せい活かつを強しいられた。

  In the Edo period, the common people were forced to live harsh lives.