帰結|きけつkiketsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbconsequence; result; conclusion
  2. noun, grammarapodosis
Conjugation
Dictionary form帰結する(きけつする)
Polite (masu)帰結します(きけつします)
Negative (nai)帰結しない(きけつしない)
polite (masen)帰結しません(きけつしません)
classical zu / nu帰結せず・帰結せぬ(きけつせず・きけつせぬ)
Past (ta)帰結した(きけつした)
polite (mashita)帰結しました(きけつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)帰結しなかった(きけつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)帰結しませんでした(きけつしませんでした)
Te form帰結して(きけつして)
Potential帰結できる(きけつできる)
Passive帰結される(きけつされる)
Causative帰結させる(きけつさせる)
Causative passive帰結させられる(きけつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)帰結すれば(きけつすれば)
tara帰結したら(きけつしたら)
Volitional帰結しよう(きけつしよう)
polite (mashou)帰結しましょう(きけつしましょう)
Imperative帰結しろ(きけつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym結局けっきょくNeutralAdverb and noun meaning 'in the end, after all'; the common colloquial choice for what things come to after twists and turns, while 「帰結」 is written and logical.
  • Synonym結論けつろんNeutralThe judgment reached after discussion or thought; stresses the content of the conclusion itself, not the natural outcome of how events unfold.
  • Synonym結末けつまつNeutralThe ending of an event or story; stresses the closing part of the plot, used mostly of concrete events.
  • RelatedむすびNeutralA native-Japanese word for the closing of a piece of writing or a speech; also a knot or a rice ball, focusing on the final part.
  • Antonym発端ほったんNeutralAntonym: the beginning or origin of something, standing opposite 「帰結」, which marks where things finally end up.
  • Antonym原因げんいんNeutralAntonym: the cause of something, the opposite of 「帰結」, which names the result that follows.

「帰結」 is written prose for where an argument or action finally leads, as in 「当然の帰結」. In speech say 「結局」; a judgment reached is 「結論」, an event or story's end 「結末」, a text or speech's close 「結び」; 「発端」 and 「原因」 are the start and cause.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 議論ぎろんや行動こうどうが最終的さいしゅうてきにある結論けつろん・結果けっかに至いたること。
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