最期

さいご
one's last moment
one's time of death

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さいご【最期】

⇒ し［死］

*death

［one's/the ～］最期， 死

**end

《正式》［one's/the ～］ 死(因)；死にざま《◆ death の遠回し語》

latter end

《正式》［one's/the ～］ 死《◆ deathの遠回し表現》

**last

［one's ～］.

▲to the last gasp 息をひきとるまで， 最期まで

go to ［meet］ one's fate 最期を遂げる， 破滅する.

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さいご【最期】

one's last moment; one's death; one's end; 《meet》 one's fate.

●孤独な最期 a lonely death

・努力奮闘の一生にふさわしい最期 a fitting close to a strenuous life.

●(悪運尽きて)最期がくる one's judgment day comes; at last be paid the wages of one's sins

・私にも最期が近づいたようだ. I feel death drawing near.

●最期に立ち会う be with sb when he dies.

●最期の言葉 one's last words; one's dying words

・(死の床で)最期のときを待つ wait for the moment of death

・最期のときを迎える come to one's end.

●壮絶な最期を遂げる die a hero's death

・見事な最期を遂げる meet one's fate bravely; die a heroic [glorious] death; die game

・最期を見届ける[みとる] witness sb's death; be at sb's deathbed.

●彼の最期は悲惨だった. He met (with) a tragic end. | He died a sad [pitiful] death.