- 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* * *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* * *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.