ISORI

〜末(すえ)に

JLPT N3:

after (a long process)

"After a long X" or "in the end": a result reached after much effort, thought or struggle.

How to form it

  • Verbs take the た-form: 考(かんが)えた末(すえ)に (after thinking it over at length).
  • Nouns take の: 議論(ぎろん)の末(すえ)に (after long discussion).
  • 末(すえ) without に is also common.

Examples

長(なが)い議論(ぎろん)の末(すえ)、計画(けいかく)が決(き)まった。

After a long discussion, the plan was settled.

迷(まよ)った末(すえ)に、買(か)うことにした。

After agonising over it, I decided to buy it.

Notes

  • The result can be good or bad; the stress is on the long process. It is formal and mostly written.

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