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果て (はて, hate) Japanese meaning: end | Kotomora
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なに
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ある
の
だろう
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I wonder what lies at the end of this road.
No one has yet seen the edge of the universe.
Expressions· 10 果は ては in the end; finally; on top of that 成な れの 果は て mere shadow of one's former self; ruin of what one once was 挙あげ 句く の 果は て finally; in the end; after all that; on top of all that 地ち の 果は て end of the earth; remote place Show 5 more 雪ゆき の 果は て last snows; snow remaining after the anniversary of Buddha's death 世せ 界かい の 果は て end of the world; farthest corner of the earth 果は てしがない endless; boundless; infinite 果は てしのない endless; interminable; boundless Kanji 果 fruit, reward, carry out Related words 終わり is the plain, everyday word for the end of something, while 果て carries a more dramatic or literary sense of reaching the farthest extreme.
結果 is a neutral, common word for the result of something, whereas 果て in this sense implies an outcome reached only after a long or trying process.
末路 specifically means a tragic or ruinous final state, while 果て is broader and can describe any ultimate limit or outcome, good or bad.
極み emphasizes an extreme degree (as in 悲しみの極み), while 果て emphasizes the farthest physical or temporal point of something.
Don't confuse with 端 refers to a physical edge or tip in a plain, concrete sense, while 果て suggests a far-off, often figurative or dramatic extremity.
Word family endless; boundless; everlasting
end; be finished; be exhausted · die; perish · do completely; do to the extreme
the farthest ends; the furthest reaches
end; limit; bounds
Written forms 果は て Usage 72%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and common usage.
はて Usage 17%
涯はて Usage 7%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; may appear in literary or older texts.
果はて Usage 4%
Etymology Derived from the verb 果てる (はてる, 'to end, to die'), which itself comes from classical Japanese. The noun form 果て has been used since Old Japanese to mean the extreme end or final outcome.
あい
想そ
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be completely disgusted with; be absolutely fed up with; run out of patience with
unfinished; unfulfilled; impossible to see through
Search-only kanji form; not a standard standalone spelling for this word.
涯は て Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard standalone spelling for this word.
