| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 末 | すえ | end, close, future, finally, tip, top, trivialities, posterity, youngest child |
| 年末 | ねんまつ | end-of-year |
| 週末 | しゅうまつ | weekend |
| 末期 | まっき | closing years (period, days), last stage, end stage, end-of-life (care, decision making, etc.); terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.), final |
| 端末 | たんまつ | computer terminal |
| 末端 | まったん | end, tip, extremities |
| 世紀末 | せいきまつ | end of a century (esp. 19th), fin-de-siecle |
| 幕末 | ばくまつ | closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, end of Edo era |
| 月末 | げつまつ, つきずえ | end of the month |
| 始末 | しまつ | management, dealing, settlement; cleaning up, getting rid of; end result (usu. bad) |