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末期的 (makkiteki) Japanese meaning: terminal | Kotomora
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The doctor explained that the illness was in a terminal stage.
The organization is in a terminal state.
Usage patterns 末まっ 期き 的てき な 症しょう 状じょう terminal-stage symptoms
He was suffering from the terminal-stage symptoms of cancer.
末まっ 期き 的てき な 状じょう 況きょう a situation that seems beyond recovery
The company's management is now in a situation that seems beyond recovery.
末まっ 期き 的てき な 状じょう 態たい a terminal condition or state
The doctor said the patient was already in a terminal condition.
Kanji 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 危機的 describes a critical or dangerous stage that could still be reversed, while 末期的 implies decline so severe it seems beyond recovery.
致命的 focuses on something being fatal or decisive in its effect, whereas 末期的 emphasizes being in the final, terminal stage of a decline.
深刻 simply means 'serious' or 'grave' without implying an end stage, while 末期的 specifically suggests a condition or situation near its terminal point.
Etymology Formed from 末期, 'final stage; terminal stage', plus the adjectival suffix 的, '‑like; ‑al'.
