最期

Japanese

Kanji in this term
最	期
さい Grade: 4	ご Grade: 3
on'yomi	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さいご [sáꜜìgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠iɡo̞]

Noun

最(さい)期(ご) • (saigo) 

1. death; downfall, collapse; end of life; last moment

   彼(かれ)は戦争(せんそう)で悲惨(ひさん)な最期(さいご)を遂(と)げた。

   Kare wa sensō de hisan na saigo o togeta.

   He met a terrible death in the war.

   帝国(ていこく)の最期(さいご)

   teikoku no saigo

   the downfall of an empire

2. the extinction of a family

   平家(たいらけ)の最期(さいご)

   Taira-ke no saigo

   the extinction of the Taira clan

Antonyms

• 誕生(たんじょう) (tanjō)
• 成立(せいりつ) (seiritsu)

See also

• (not to be confused with) 最後(さいご) (saigo): last
• 死亡(しぼう) (shibō)
• 死去(しきょ) (shikyo)
• 消滅(しょうめつ) (shōmetsu)
• 滅亡(めつぼう) (metsubō)

References

• “最期”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.