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果てしない (はてしない) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 果てしない · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 果は てしない 果は てしなくない Polite 果は てしないです 果は てしなくないです also 果は てしなくありません Past polite 果は てしなかったです 果は てしなくなかったです also 果は てしなくありませんでした Past 果は てしなかった 果は てしなくなかった Te-form 果は てしなくて 果は てしなくなくて Adverbial 果は てしなく Conditional 果は てしなければ 果は てしなくなければ Tara conditional 果は てしなかったら 果は てしなくなかったら
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An endless desert stretched out before us.
Usage patterns 果は てしない 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 an endless (desert/sky/ocean, etc.)
The endless desert stretched on and on.
果は てしない 〈 事こと 〉 an endless (effort/journey/battle, etc.)
He continued his endless effort.
果は てしなく 続つづ く to continue endlessly
This road looks like it continues endlessly.
果は てしなく 広ひろ がる to spread out endlessly
I looked up at the sky that stretched out endlessly.
Kanji 果 fruit, reward, carry out 無 nothingness, none, ain't Related words· 7 限りない and 果てしない both mean 'boundless', but 限りない is slightly more neutral while 果てしない leans literary and emphasizes a vast, unbroken expanse or feeling.
無限 is a noun/na-adjective for 'infinite', often used in mathematical or abstract contexts, while 果てしない is more emotive and descriptive, emphasizing the feeling of endlessness.
永遠 focuses on endlessness in time ('eternal'), whereas 果てしない more often describes endlessness in space or effort as well as time.
広大 describes something vast in size or area, while 果てしない emphasizes that something seems to have no visible end or limit.
Show 3 more 果てしない describes something vast or boundless in a more literary way, whereas 切りがない usually points to an endless, tiring task or process.
果てしない is the standard modern adjective for 'endless', matching the boundless-in-time-or-space sense that 悠 expresses archaically.
果てしない is a native i-adjective describing something boundless or without limit (like a desert or sky), while エンドレス is a casual loanword more often used for repetitive activities or situations.
Written forms 果は てしない
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
果は てし 無な い
Rare variant using 無い; not commonly used.
Etymology From 果て, “end,” plus the emphatic particle し, which became fixed as 果てし, and ない, “not existing”: literally “having no end.”
