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last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage; final stages; terminal stage (of a disease)
「末期」 has another reading with different meanings.
彼は癌の末期と診断されて落ち込んだ。
He was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
江戸時代の末期に大きな変革があった。
There were major changes at the end of the Edo period.
祖父は末期の症状と懸命に闘っている。
My grandfather is fighting terminal symptoms.