結けっ句く

noun

last line of a poem

Specifically the final line of a traditional poem, such as a tanka or haiku.

• この短たん歌かの結けっ句くは特とくに印いん象しょう的てきだ。

  The last line of this tanka is especially striking.

adverb

finally; in the end; after all

Adverbial use indicating that something happens as a final outcome, often after a process or expectation. Somewhat literary or formal.

• 長ながい議ぎ論ろんの末すえ、結けっ句く彼かれの提てい案あんが採さい用ようされた。

  After a long discussion, his proposal was finally adopted.