はて

はて
[果て] 〔最後, しまい, 行き着くところ, 末路, 終り, 限界, 限り, 最果て〕
¶→地球の果てまで
¶→宇宙の果て
¶→あげくの果てに
果て
the end
the extremity
the limit(s)
the result
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はて【果て】
〔最後, しまい, 行き着くところ, 末路, 終り, 限界, 限り, 最果て〕
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はて【果て】
1 〔行きつく終わりの所・はし〕 the end; the extremity.

●旅路の果て the journey's end

・地の果て the (far) end [farthest corner] of the earth

・北の果て the northernmost extremity

・世界の果てまで to the end of the earth [world]; to the four corners of the earth; to the ultima Thule

・電波は世界の果てまでもとどく. Radio waves reach to the farthest corners of the world.

●果てから果てまで from end to end.

2 〔際限〕 the end; the limit(s); (the) bounds; the confines.

果てのない議論 an endless argument

・果てのない欲望 ceaseless [unquenchable] desire(s).

3 〔物事の結末・末路〕 the result; the upshot; the outcome; the consequence. [⇒はては]

●栄華の果て 《at》 the end of one's prosperity [glory]

・なれの果て ⇒なれのはて.

●思案の果てに彼らはなんとか窓から脱出しようと決心した. After various deliberation, they decided to attempt an escape through the window.

・1 か月も捜し歩いた果てにやっとポチを見つけた. It took us a whole month of searching before we were able to find Pochi again.

・さんざん(男性に)尽くしたその果てに捨てられるなんて, あんまりよね. To be tossed aside like that after the way she catered to his every whim ― why it's too terrible to be borne.

●果てはどうなることやら. There is no knowing how it will end.


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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