終止符を打つ

Meaning

1. expv5t
   to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); to put a period (at the end of a sentence)

Example sentences

• 私とトニーの関係は今では２５年になるが、来春それに終止符を打つべきかどうかわからないでいる。

  My relationship with Tony has lasted twenty-five years now, and I don't know whether to end it next spring or not.

• 軍備競争の狂気と不道徳に終止符を打つ時が、人類にやってきた。

  The time has come for mankind to put an end to the madness and immorality of the arms race.

• 外交的な対話によって、その紛争に終止符を打つことができた。

  Diplomatic dialogue helped put an end to the conflict.