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世紀末

せいきまつ
[seikimatsu]

Meanings

1.Noun

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

2.Noun

end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse

Examples

世紀末には旧来の価値観が揺らいだ。

At the turn of the century, traditional values were shaken.

世紀末の退廃美がその絵画に漂っている。

A fin-de-siècle sense of decadent beauty drifts through the painting.

世紀末のパリでは新旧文化の交錯が生み出した芸術が花開いた。

In fin-de-siècle Paris, art born from the collision of old and new cultures flourished.