"最期" meaning in Japanese

See 最期 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sa̠iɡo̞] Forms: 最期 [canonical] (ruby: (さい), ()), saigo [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|さいご}} 最(さい)期(ご) • (saigo)
  1. death; downfall, collapse; end of life; last moment
    Sense id: en-最期-ja-noun-gmZPOqYY Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Death Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 75 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Death: 100 0
  2. the extinction of a family
    Sense id: en-最期-ja-noun-IQpW1EF5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 死亡 (shibō) (ruby: 死亡(しぼう)), 死去 (shikyo) (ruby: 死去(しきょ)), 消滅 (shōmetsu) (ruby: 消滅(しょうめつ)), 滅亡 (metsubō) (ruby: 滅亡(めつぼう)) Related terms (not to be confused with): 最後 (saigo) (ruby: 最後(さいご)) (english: last)
Disambiguation of 'not to be confused with': 100 0
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      "roman": "seiritsu",
      "ruby": [
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          "成立",
          "せいりつ"
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    }
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          "english": "He met a terrible death in the war.",
          "roman": "Kare wa sensō de hisan na saigo o togeta.",
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          "english": "the downfall of an empire",
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          "end",
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          "last",
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          "english": "the extinction of the Taira clan",
          "roman": "Taira-ke no saigo",
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              "最期",
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      "other": "さいご"
    },
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      "ipa": "[sa̠iɡo̞]"
    }
  ],
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    "Japanese terms spelled with 最 read as さい",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 期 read as ご",
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      "other": "さいご"
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      "ipa": "[sa̠iɡo̞]"
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  ],
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}

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