末 – JLPT N3 Kanji, Kanji for close, end, posterity, powder, tip

末

Strokes: 5

Meanings: close, end, posterity, powder, tip
Onyomi: マツ
Kunyomi: うら, うれ, すえ
Name Readings
JLPT: N3
Grade: 4
Frequency: -
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Story

末 shows a tree (木) with a small branch at the very top. The small branch represents the tip or end of the tree. From this image, 末 came to mean the end, tip, or final part of something.

Short Story

末 shows the top branch of a tree, symbolizing the end or tip.

Mnemonic

Picture looking at the very top tip of a tree. That tiny top branch is 末.

Vocabulary Examples

Word	Reading	Meaning	Meta
末	すえ	end, tip, top	common JLPT-N3 Noun
末	まつ	the end (of)	common Noun, used as a suffix, Noun
末	うら	top end, tip	JLPT-N1 Noun
末	うれ	new shoots, new growth (of a tree)	Noun
末っ子	すえっこ	youngest child	common JLPT-N2 Noun
末期	まっき	last years, closing years, last days, closing days, end, last stage, final stages, terminal stage (of a disease)	common JLPT-N1 Noun
末日	まつじつ	last day (of a month)	common Noun
末に	すえに	finally, after, following	common Adverb (fukushi)
末永く	すえながく	forever, everlastingly, for many years to come, ever	Adverb (fukushi)
末弟	ばってい	youngest brother	Noun

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Example Sentences

Example #1

週の末に友達と会います。

しゅうのまつにともだちとあいます

Shuu no matsu ni tomodachi to aimasu

I will meet my friends at the end of the week.

Example #2

月末に旅行に行きます。

げつまつにりょこうにいきます

Getsumatsu ni ryokou ni ikimasu

I will travel at the end of the month.

Example #3

年末に大掃除をします。

ねんまつにおおそうじをします

Nenmatsu ni oosouji o shimasu

I do a big cleaning at the end of the year.

Example #4

仕事の末に休みを取りました。

しごとのすえにやすみをとりました

Shigoto no sue ni yasumi o torimashita

I took a break after finishing work.

Example #5

本の末に注釈があります。

ほんのすえにちゅうしゃくがあります

Hon no sue ni chuushaku ga arimasu

There are notes at the end of the book.

Example #6

週末はゆっくり休みます。

しゅうまつはゆっくりやすみます

Shuumatsu wa yukkuri yasumimasu

I rest slowly on the weekend.

Example #7

会議の末に決定しました。

かいぎのすえにけっていしました

Kaigi no sue ni kettei shimashita

We made a decision at the end of the meeting.

Example #8

話し合いの末に解決しました。

はなしあいのすえにかいけつしました

Hanashiai no sue ni kaiketsu shimashita

It was resolved after discussion.

Example #9

年末に家族と集まります。

ねんまつにかぞくとあつまります

Nenmatsu ni kazoku to atsumarimasu

I gather with my family at the end of the year.

Example #10

夏の末に海に行きます。

なつのすえにうみにいきます

Natsu no sue ni umi ni ikimasu

I will go to the sea at the end of summer.

Example #11

レポートの末に結論を書きます。

レポートのすえにけつろんをかきます

Repooto no sue ni ketsuron o kakimasu

I write the conclusion at the end of the report.

Example #12

試合の末に勝ちました。

しあいのすえにかちました

Shiai no sue ni kachimashita

We won at the end of the match.

Example #13

夏休みの末に宿題をしました。

なつやすみのすえにしゅくだいをしました

Natsuyasumi no sue ni shukudai o shimashita

I did homework at the end of summer vacation.

Example #14

話の末に友達と仲直りしました。

はなしのすえにともだちとなかなおりしました

Hanashi no sue ni tomodachi to nakanaori shimashita

At the end of the conversation, I reconciled with my friend.

Example #15

会議の末に決めました。

かいぎのすえにきめました

Kaigi no sue ni kimemashita

We decided at the end of the meeting.

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Kanji Info

Kanji: 末

JLPT: n3

Strokes: 5

Grade: 4

Unicode: 672B

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