sentence-final inflection; terminational mode
In Japanese grammar, the inflectional form that ends a sentence, such as the shūshikei (終止形) in classical Japanese or the dictionary form in modern Japanese.
In classical grammar, shūshihō refers to the inflectional form that ends a sentence.
In music, a melodic or harmonic formula that brings a phrase to a close.
This movement ends with a perfect cadence.
Compound of 終止 (shūshi, 'ending') and 法 (hō, 'method' or 'rule'). The term is used in both grammar and music to denote a concluding pattern.