Vocab Info

N3 Noun, の-adjective, Adverb

末(すえ)tip, top, end, close (e.g. close of the month), youngest child, descendants, offspring, posterity, future, finally, trivialities

    Dictionary Definition

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    1. Noun

      1. 1.

        end, tip, top

      2. 2.

        end (of the year, month, etc.), close

    2. Noun, の-adjective

      1. 3.

        youngest child

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    3. Noun

      1. 4.

        descendants, offspring, posterity

        usu. 〜の末

      2. 5.

        future

    4. Adverb, Noun

      1. 6.

        (finally) after, (at last) after, at the end of

        as 〜の末 or 〜した末

    5. Noun, の-adjective

      1. 7.

        trifles, trivialities

    6. Noun

      1. 8.

        degenerate age

    All Forms

    末 【すえ】

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    Examples

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    • 今月(こんげつ)の末(すえ)には桜(さくら)が咲(さ)くでしょう。

      The cherry blossoms will bloom at the end of this month.

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    • 社内(しゃない)での揉(も)め事(ごと)の末(すえ)、転職(てんしょく)を決(き)めた。

      Following a lot of trouble at work, I decided to change jobs.

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    • 苦心(くしん)の末(すえ)に完成(かんせい)したこの装置(そうち)には自信(じしん)しかありません。

      I have nothing but confidence in this device that was completed after much effort.

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    • 母(はは)：「あんなに遊(あそ)んでばかりいて…娘(むすめ)の末(すえ)が思(おも)いやられるわ…。」

      Mother: ‘You're always playing around... I worry about my daughter's future.’

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    • ずっと末(すえ)として生(い)きてきた僕(ぼく)にとって、弟(おとうと)が生(う)まれた時(とき)は変(へん)な気持(きも)ちになった。

      As someone who has always been the youngest, I felt strange when my younger brother was born.

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