最終日

最終日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
最	終	日
さい Grade: 4	しゅう Grade: 3	ひ > び Grade: 1
on’yomi	kan’on	kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 最終(さいしゅう) (saishū, “the last, the final”) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited in 1936.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さいしゅ​うび [sàíshúꜜùbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠iɕɨᵝːbʲi]

Noun

最(さい)終(しゅう)日(び) • (saishūbi) 

1. [from 1936] final day

See also

• 千秋楽(せんしゅうらく) (senshūraku)

References

1. “最終日”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN