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last day (of a month)

to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel

to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline

Linguistics

end of a sentence

youngest sister

terminal; final

good luck to come (omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck

tip of a twig

tip; end

trifles; trivial matters; minor details

around the end of (a period of time)

end of next month

corners of a field

subordinate shrine

professional entertainer

fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe)

weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man; pallid man

lowest seat

spreading out like an open fan

becoming prosperous

folding fan; ceremonial folding fan

incense; incense powder

Buddhism

latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); age of the degeneration of the law

essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end

year end

eschatology; doomsday theory; apocalypticism

tip of a leaf

thrifty person

descendants

the last days; the final years; the last generation

final stage; terminal stage