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終焉 (しゅうえん, shuuen) Japanese meaning: end of life | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 終焉する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 終しゅう 焉えん する 終しゅう 焉えん しない Polite 終しゅう 焉えん します 終しゅう 焉えん しません Past polite 終しゅう 焉えん しました 終しゅう 焉えん しませんでした Past 終しゅう 焉えん した 終しゅう 焉えん しなかった Te-form 終しゅう 焉えん して 終しゅう 焉えん しないで Desire 終しゅう 焉えん したい 終しゅう 焉えん したくない Potential 終しゅう 焉えん できる 終しゅう 焉えん できない Passive 終しゅう 焉えん される 終しゅう 焉えん されない Causative 終しゅう 焉えん させる 終しゅう 焉えん させない Causative passive 終しゅう 焉えん させられる 終しゅう 焉えん させられない Volitional 終しゅう 焉えん しよう Polite volitional 終しゅう 焉えん しましょう Imperative 終しゅう 焉えん しろ 終しゅう 焉えん するな Conditional 終しゅう 焉えん すれば 終しゅう 焉えん しなければ Tara conditional 終しゅう 焉えん したら 終しゅう 焉えん しなかったら
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家か
は
静しず
か
に
終しゅう
焉えん
を
迎むか
え
た
。
The writer peacefully met his end.
The dynasty came to an end in the 18th century.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 が 終しゅう 焉えん を 迎むか える for something (an era, era, regime, etc.) to come to an end
The long-lasting dynasty came to an end.
終しゅう 焉えん の 地ち the place where one spent one's final years / died
He chose his hometown as the place to spend his final years.
〈 事こと 〉 に 終しゅう 焉えん を 告つ げる to signal or bring about the end of something
That incident signaled the end of the Cold War.
Related words· 7 最期 refers narrowly to the exact moment of death, while 終焉 is broader and can describe the death itself or the end of an era.
死 is the plain, neutral word for death, whereas 終焉 is a formal, often literary euphemism used in writing or news.
終末 emphasizes the final phase or ending of a period (e.g. the world), while 終焉 more directly implies death or the definitive close of something.
終焉 is a literary word for the end of a life or era, while 終止符 more often appears in the fixed phrase 終止符を打つ for ending an ongoing situation.
Show 3 more 終焉 is a formal, often dramatic word for the 'end' or 'demise' of something, similar in tone to 終 but more commonly used in modern writing.
終焉 is a literary term for the end or demise of something, while 末路 more specifically emphasizes the pitiful or ruinous course a person's life took.
終焉 is a solemn word for the end of a life or era, more weighty and final than the more everyday-figurative 幕切れ.
Written forms 終しゅう 焉えん Usage 97%
Standard kanji form; 焉 is a non-jōyō kanji but the word is common in news and literary contexts.
終しゅう えん Usage 3%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form using えん for the non-jōyō 焉; not a standard written spelling.
Etymology From Chinese 終焉 (zhōngyān), literally 'end' + 'here/thus', used in classical Chinese to mark the end of a narrative or life. Adopted into Japanese with the same formal, literary nuance.
