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terminal stage (of an illness), final period, end (of a term or era)

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말 words; what someone says + 기 Nominalizer (verb-to-noun)
noun Rare #21,591
terminal stage (of an illness) Often used in expressions such as 암 말기, “the terminal stage of cancer.”
KO: 아버지는 암 말기 진단을 받았어요.
EN: My father was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
final period, end (of a term or era) Used for the closing period of a government, a person's term in office, or another era.
KO: 정권 말기에 큰 변화가 있었어요.
EN: There were major changes near the end of the administration.

의사도 말기 라고 하더군 치료할 방법이 없다 하오

The doctor said it was terminal and there was no way to treat it.

— 미인어 (2016)

하나는 디에고 할아버지가 스페인 대사 말기에 받은 것 이고요

One was given to Grandpa Diego toward the end of his term as Spain’s ambassador.

— 레오파드 (1963)

내 아내는 말기 암 환자 예요

My wife has terminal cancer.

— 영원 (2025)