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jmdict 2842959 Active (id: 2057390)

1. [n]
▶ time
▶ moment
▶ limit
2. [n]
▶ time of death
▶ last moment
3. [n] [arch]
▶ midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period



History:
2. A 2020-01-29 05:29:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2020-01-29 03:01:35  dine <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr, daijs, nikk: https://kotobank.jp/word/期-49802
aozora: https://furigana.info/w/期:ご
  Comments:
the dictionaries give "opportunity; chance; occasion" in the first definition but I didn't find quotations supporting this. Instead, the aozora quotations 
suggest that 期(ご) refers to "the time when it's too late and nothing can be done".

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