殿しんがり

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Meanings

1

Originally a military term for the rear unit or rearguard. Now also used figuratively for the last person or thing in a sequence.

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He served as the rear guard of the procession.

マラソンでしんがりを走はしる。

I run at the very back in the marathon.

2

anchor; last person

Used in sports or group activities for the person who goes last, such as the anchor leg in a relay or the final performer.

〈人ひと〉がしんがりを務つとめるfor someone to serve as the rear guard/anchor
退たい却きゃくする部ぶ隊たいのしんがりを務つとめたのはベテラン兵へい士しだった。
It was the veteran soldier who served as the rear guard for the retreating troops.
しんがりを走はしるto run in last place (e.g. as anchor in a relay)
彼かれはマラソンでしんがりを走はしったが、最さい後ごまで諦あきらめなかった。
He was running last in the marathon, but he never gave up until the end.
しんがりに立たつto take up the rear position
登と山ざん隊たいでは一いち番ばん体たい力りょくのある人ひとがしんがりに立たつことになっている。

後こう衛えい sense 1
後衛 is a general term for a rear position in sports or the military, while 殿（しんがり）specifically means the very last person or unit.
最さい後こう尾び sense 1
最後尾 is a plain word for the very end of a line or queue, lacking the military or anchor-runner connotations that 殿（しんがり）carries.
アンカー sense 2
アンカー is a casual loanword for the last runner in a relay or last player in a lineup, matching the sports sense of 殿（しんがり）but without its older military feel.

先せん頭とうN2
先頭 means the front or head of a line, the direct opposite of 殿（しんがり）, which is the very back.
先せん鋒ぽう sense 1
先鋒 is the vanguard or lead unit in an advance, the military opposite of 殿（しんがり）, the rear guard.

殿どの
殿（しんがり）meaning rear guard is written with the same kanji as 殿（どの）, the polite honorific suffix attached to names, but the two are unrelated in meaning.

殿しんがり
Standard kanji spelling for this word.
しんがりUsage100%
Kana spelling is common when the kanji 殿 might be misread as との or どの.

The reading しんがり is a compound of しん (rear) and がり (guard). The kanji 殿 is used for its meaning of 'rear' or 'back' in this context.

In the climbing party, it's arranged that the person with the most stamina takes the rear position.