終盤|しゅうばんshuuban[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounendgame; final stage
   これが原因げんいんでタイムを大おおきくロスしてしまい、もしかしたら、このアクシデントがなかったら、レース終盤しゅうばんはもっと良よくなっていただろう。↗

   Due to this a lot of time was lost, it's possible that if it wasn't for this accident the final stage of the race would have been better.

• Synonym末期まっきWrittenWritten/formal prose: read 「まつご」, a person's dying moments, as in 「末期の水」; 「終盤」 allows 「人生の終盤」 but not the moment of death itself.
• Synonym最終段階さいしゅうだんかいNeutralThe final stage of a process, used for plans, projects and the like; 「終盤」 comes from board games and is mostly for matches, elections and parliamentary sessions.
• Related終わりおわりNeutralThe most general word for an end or finish, covering the moment something ends; 「終盤」 is the stretch of time leading up to the end, not the end itself.
• RelatedおしまいCasualColloquial: something is over or finished, and it can also mean being done for; 「終盤」 only names the stage just before the end.
• RelatedエンドNeutralLoanword for an end or the tail end, mostly in compounds like 「ハッピーエンド」; it does not refer to the stage approaching the end.
• Related最期さいごWrittenWritten/formal prose: the moment a person or creature dies, or an organization perishes; 「終盤」 covers the latter part of a match, of business, even of a life.
• Related終局しゅうきょくWrittenWritten/formal prose: the close of a go or shogi game, or a matter being settled — the end itself; 「終盤」 is the position before that end.
• Related終末しゅうまつWrittenWritten/formal prose: the end of events, works or the world, with a heavy tone as in 「終末論」; 「終盤」 is simply the late phase of a process.
• Related終幕しゅうまくWrittenWritten/formal prose: originally a play's final act, by extension the fall of the curtain on an affair; 「終盤」 is the last stage before that curtain falls.
• RelatedフィニッシュNeutralLoanword for the act of finishing or wrapping up, in gymnastics the landing; 「終盤」 is the latter part of a match, not a single action.
• RelatedラストCasualColloquial loanword for last or the end, as in 「ラストスパート」; 「終盤」 is a whole stretch of the late stage.
• Related最終さいしゅうNeutralThe last in a sequence, as in 「最終回」 or 「最終電車」; 「終盤」 is a period of time approaching the close.
• Related終結しゅうけつWrittenWritten/formal prose: a matter being fully concluded, as in 「戦争の終結」; at 「終盤」 things are still under way.
• Related結末けつまつNeutralThe final outcome of an event or story; 「終盤」 is the stretch of process before that outcome arrives.
• Related終点しゅうてんNeutralThe terminus of a rail or bus line, or of a process — a point in space; 「終盤」 is a stage in time.
• Related末尾まつびWrittenWritten/formal prose: the tail end of texts, lists and other sequences; 「終盤」 concerns the latter part of a course of time.
• RelatedエンディングNeutralLoanword for the closing part of a work or show, as in the credits or theme song; 「終盤」 is for matches, elections and similar processes.
• Related最後さいごNeutralThe most common word for the very end or the last time, and it can also mean 'no sooner than'; 「終盤」 is specifically the stage nearing the end.
• Related仕舞いしまいNeutralMeans the end or finish, often in 「仕舞いには」; 「終盤」 points to the period before the end rather than the end itself.
• Related挙句の果てあげくのはてNeutralSet phrase for what finally happens after much back and forth, usually negative; it names no stage, so it works differently from 「終盤」.
• Related末期まつごWrittenWritten/formal prose: read 「まつご」, a person's dying moments, as in 「末期の水」; 「終盤」 allows 「人生の終盤」 but not the moment of death itself.
• Related末つ方すえつかたWrittenArchaic word for the end of a period, almost unused today; everyday speech prefers 「終わり頃」 or 「終盤」.
• Antonym序盤じょばんNeutralThe opening stage of a game or process, the direct opposite of 「終盤」, with 「中盤」 in between.

Use 「終盤」 for the latter part of a match, election, session or similar process. For the end itself say 「終わり」 or 「最後」, for a story's outcome 「結末」, for the opening stage 「序盤」. 「最終段階」 suits plans and projects; 「ラスト」 is colloquial; 「エンド」「フィニッシュ」「エンディング」 are loanwords for endings. Written 「終局」「終末」「終幕」「終結」 stress the end or conclusion, 「最期」「末期」 concern death, 「末尾」 a text's tail. 「お仕舞い」 is colloquial 'done for'; 「最終」 the last in a series; 「終点」 a terminus; 「挙句の果て」 a negative outcome; 「末つ方」 archaic.

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

1. 勝負しょうぶが終おわりに近ちかづいた局面きょくめん。また、そのような盤面ばんめん。
2. 物事ものごとの最終さいしゅう段階だんかいのこと。