Meanings
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Common Words
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal
course of events; circumstances; particulars
end result (usu. bad); outcome
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
economizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty
end; tip; top
end (of the year, month, etc.); close
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
youngest child
Usu. 〜の末
descendants; offspring; posterity
future
Adverb (fukushi); As 〜の末 or 〜した末
(finally) after; (at last) after; at the end of
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
trifles; trivialities
degenerate age
Used after long, hard work
finally; after; following
With noun, e.g. 来週の末に
at the end (of)
Common noun
the end (of)
powder
Abbreviation; Computing
terminal; computer terminal
Abbreviation
information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.)
end (e.g. of a roll of film)
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); dealing with the aftermath
cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby; poor-quality; low-quality
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
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