終しゅう焉えん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

end of life; death; demise

Formal, often literary or news term for the end of a person's life, or metaphorically for the end of an era or institution. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to die' or 'to come to an end'.

• 作さっ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.

• その王おう朝ちょうは18世せい紀きに終しゅう焉えんした。

  The dynasty came to an end in the 18th century.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

spending one's final years peacefully

Focuses on the manner of living out one's last days, often with a nuance of tranquility or fulfillment. Less common than sense 1; typically used in phrases like 終焉の地 (place of one's final years).

• 彼かれは故こ郷きょうを終しゅう焉えんの地ちと定さだめた。

  He chose his hometown as the place to spend his final years.