Shirabe
English jmdict
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) hour of death;one's last moments;end of one's life
Common Noun
English jmdict
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) last years;closing years;last days;closing days;end;last stage;final stages;terminal stage (of a disease)
The setting of the story is Japan in the late Meiji period.