終止符|しゅうしふshuushifu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounfull stop; period
2. nounend
   移住者いじゅうしゃの部落ぶらくが野蛮やばん人にんによって征服せいふくされ、移住者いじゅうしゃの希望きぼうも生活せいかつも土壇場どたんばにきた時とき、長ながい歳月さいげつをかけての不幸ふこうとのたたかいに終止符しゅうしふがうたれた。↗

   Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.

• SynonymピリオドNeutralA loanword for the mark 「.」; also used figuratively for an ending, as in 「ピリオドを打つ」. 「終止符」 is the more written, formal choice.
• Related句点くてんNeutralRefers to the Japanese sentence-ending mark 「。」; 「終止符」 mostly means the Western full stop and is also used figuratively for the end of something.
• Antonym始まりはじまりNeutralMeans a beginning or start; figuratively it stands opposite the ending that 「終止符」 conveys.
• Antonym開始かいしNeutralMeans the start of something; common in both speech and writing, and opposite to the ending expressed by 「終止符」.

For ending something figuratively, 「終止符を打つ」 is the usual phrase. Use 「句点」 for the Japanese full stop 「。」 and 「ピリオド」 for the Western 「.」 or a colloquial ending; 「始まり」 and 「開始」 are the opposites.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 「.」の記号きごう。欧文おうぶんなど横書よこがきの文ぶんの終おわりに打うつ。ピリオド。フルストップ。
2. 物事ものごとの終おわり。