終しゅう活かつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

end-of-life planning; preparing for one's death

Colloquial term for activities like writing a will, organizing belongings, planning one's funeral, and other preparations for the end of life. Often used in the context of aging or terminal illness.

• 最さい近きん、終しゅう活かつを始はじめる若わかい人ひとも増ふえている。

  Recently, more young people are starting end-of-life planning.

• 母ははは終しゅう活かつとして、遺ゆい言ごん書しょを書かいた。

  My mother wrote her will as part of her end-of-life preparations.