晩節 (Bansetsu): Late in Life, One's Later Years

Meaning

English

late in life
one's later years

Reading

Kana

ばんせつ

Romaji

bansetsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Related Words 余生,残りの人生,残りの生涯,晩年,老後,楽しむ,高齢者,お年寄り Rank 145653 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

晩節を汚す

ばんせつをけがす

to ruin one's reputation in later life

晩酌

ばんしゃく

drink at home with one's evening meal

関節

かんせつ

joint (knee, elbow, etc.)

調節

ちょうせつ

regulation

使節

しせつ

envoy

季節

きせつ

season

時節

じせつ

season

一節

いっせつ

one passage

国慶節

こっけいせつ

anniversary of founding (of PRC)

前節

ぜんせつ

preceding paragraph, section, or verse

削り節

けずりぶし

flaked bonito

変節

へんせつ

betrayal

Example Sentences

2

文壇の大家ともあろう人が、まさか金銭トラブルを起こして晩節を汚すことになろうとは思いもよらなかった。

It was unheard of for a literary master, of all people, to get in financial trouble and fall in ruins.

かつてはあんなに輝いてたのに、老いらくの恋で若い愛人にガッポリ持ってかれるなんて、彼も晩節を汚したもんだな。

He used to shine so brightly, but to be taken advantage of by a young lover in his old age—he really has sullied his later years.