終しゅう末まつ期き

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

final stage; terminal stage

Used in medical contexts for terminal illness, as well as more broadly for the last phase of a process or life.

• 彼かれは終しゅう末まつ期きの患かん者じゃに寄より添そう医い師しだ。

  He is a doctor who stays close to terminal patients.

• このプロジェクトは終しゅう末まつ期きに入はいった。

  This project has entered its final stage.