No. 601 in Japanese
最終
"Final" or "last."
In a sentence
最終列車を逃したため、駅で一夜を過ごしました。
I missed the last train, so I spent the night at the station.
Here, 最終 modifies 列車 (train) to mean 'the last train'.
彼は最終的にその難しい試験に合格しました。
He eventually passed the difficult exam.
In this sentence, 最終的に (adverbial form of 最終) means 'eventually', showing a final outcome.
私たちは最終章に進む前に話し合いをしました。
We had a discussion before proceeding to the final chapter.
最終 modifies 章 (chapter) to mean 'the final chapter', indicating the last part of a series.
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