末期

まつご

Meanings

1. Noun hour of death; one's last moments; end of one's life

Kanji

• 末 end. Read as マツ.
• 期 period. Read as ゴ.

Words containing 末期

• 末期の水 (まつごのみず) water used to moisten the lips of a dying person
• 末期養子 (まつごようし) deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line)

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