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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

終しゅう息そく

shuusoku

coming to an end, subsiding

Example sentences

  1. そのため朝鮮出兵ちょうせんしゅっぺいも終息しゅうそくした。

    With this, the dispatch of soldiers to Korea came to an end.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 戦たたかいは奈良時代ならじだいの間まには決着けっちゃくがつかず、坂上田村麻呂さかのうえのたむらまろの登場とうじょうによりようやく終息しゅうそくする。

    The war did not come to an end in the Nara period, but was eventually resolved by the appearance of SAKANOUE no Tamuramaro.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. しかし大学だいがくの夏期休暇かききゅうかなどもあり学内がくないの抗議運動こうぎうんどうは終息しゅうそく、自由擁護連盟じゆうようごれんめいも弾圧だんあつにより解体かいたいした。

    However, with the summer break at university, the protest movement within the university ended and the Jiyu Yogo Renmei was dissolved because of pressure.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 終息

  • 終end; finishOnシュウKunおわる・おわる・おえる
  • 息breath; respirationOnソクKunいき

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