終止符

しゅうしふ

Meanings

1. Noun full stop; period
2. end See also: 終止符を打つ (しゅうしふをうつ).

Kanji

• 終 end. Read as シュウ.
• 止 stop
• 符 token. Read as フ.

Example sentences

• 移住者の部落が野蛮人によって征服され、移住者の希望も生活も土壇場にきた時、長い歳月をかけての不幸とのたたかいに終止符がうたれた。
  Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.
• 妻の思いがけない死は、５０年以上にわたる、幸福な夫婦生活に終止符をうった。
  The untimely death of my wife has brought down the curtain on over 50 years of happily married life.

Common phrases

• 終止符を打つ (しゅうしふをうつ) to put an end (to)

Words containing 終止符

• 終止符を打つ (しゅうしふをうつ) to put an end (to)

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