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とどのつまり (todonotsumari) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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色いろ 々いろ 努ど 力りょく し た が 、 とど の つまり 失しっ 敗ぱい に 終お わっ た 。
I tried various things, but in the end it was a failure.
His story was long, but after all he had only one point to make.
Related words とどのつまり is used to sum up a final conclusion after much back-and-forth, while 挙句の果て specifically stresses that the outcome, often bad, came after a long, drawn-out process.
Written forms Applies to each form listed below
rarely-used kanji form
とどの 詰つ まり
Rare kanji form using 詰まり; it is rarely used.
鯔とど のつまり
Rare kanji form using 鯔; it is rarely used.
Etymology Derived from the names for the growth stages of the striped mullet (鯔, ぼら). The final stage is called とど, so とどのつまり literally means 'the end of the とど stage', i.e., the very end. The phrase came to mean 'in the end' or 'after all'.
