ending

結末、終わり

物語や出来事などの最後の部分。

やさしい英語で： The last part of a story, event, or other thing.

• The story has a happy ending.
• I did not expect that ending.
• Which of the two endings do you prefer?

使い方： ending of something (The ending of the film surprised me.)

類義語： end, conclusion

反対語： beginning

よく使う表現： happy ending, sad ending, ending of something

語尾、活用語尾

単語の文法上の形を示すために、最後に付ける部分。

やさしい英語で： A part added to the end of a word to show its grammatical form.

• This verb has an unusual ending.
• Add the plural ending to each noun.
• Some languages use different endings for different verb forms.

類義語： inflectional suffix

よく使う表現： verb ending, plural ending, word ending