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    3. 終焉

    終焉

    終しゅう焉えん

    end (of life)

    KMT8News #20+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    終えん

    しゅうえん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    end (of life), death, demise
    2.
    (peacefully) spending one's final years

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    その文ぶん明めいは突とつ然ぜんの終しゅう焉えんを迎むかえた。

    That civilization met a sudden demise.

    KMT7Core ConceptsHistory
    彼かれの政せい治じ家かとしてのキャリアは、スキャンダルによって終しゅう焉えんした。

    His career as a politician came to an end due to a scandal.

    KMT8Politics & LawCore Concepts
    人じん生せいの終しゅう焉えんをどのように迎むかえるかは、誰だれもが考かんがえるテーマだ。

    How one faces the end of life is a theme everyone considers.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEmotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy
    伝でん統とう的てきな職しょく人にん技わざが、時じ代だいの変へん化かとともに終しゅう焉えんを迎むかえつつある。

    Traditional craftsmanship is facing its demise with the changes of the times.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsHistoryCore Concepts
    多おおくの人ひと々びとが、この技ぎ術じゅつの終しゅう焉えんを予よ測そくしている。

    Many people predict the demise of this technology.

    KMT9TechnologyCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    終
    お.わる・-お.わる・おわ.る・お.える・つい・つい.に…(2)
    end・finish
    焉
    いずく.んぞ・ここに・これ…(1)
    how・why・then
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