終しゅう止し符ふ

noun

full stop; period

The punctuation mark 。 used at the end of a sentence. Also used metaphorically for a decisive end.

• 日本にほん語ごの文ぶん末まつには終しゅう止し符ふを打うつ。

  You put a full stop at the end of a Japanese sentence.

• 彼かれの一ひと言ことが議ぎ論ろんに終しゅう止し符ふを打うった。

  His single remark put an end to the discussion.

noun

end; conclusion

Used in the phrase 終止符を打つ (to bring something to an end). The noun itself is rarely used alone for this meaning.

See also: 終止符を打つ

• 長ながい戦たたかいに終しゅう止し符ふが打うたれた。

  An end was put to the long battle.