挙句・揚げ句|あげくageku[0]heiban (flat)

1. adverb, nounafter (a long process); at the end ofusu. after plain past verb, or as ...の～; also as ～に
   コンピューターを物色ぶっしょくして歩あるいたあげく、デイヴィドより２００ドル安やすい値段ねだんで手てに入いれた。↗

   I shopped around for my computer and ended up paying $200 less than David.
2. nounlast line (of a renga)

• Synonym果てははてはNeutralAdverb meaning 'in the end, on top of that'; it stresses things escalating, each turn worse than the last.
• Synonym末にすえにNeutralSet phrase that follows a verb to mean 'after (long) …ing', as in 「悩んだ末に」; it is neutral about the outcome, unlike 「挙句」.
• Synonym挙句の果てあげくのはてNeutralSet phrase that intensifies 「挙句」: it stresses the bad result you end up with after all the hassle, with an even stronger tone.
• RelatedついにNeutralAdverb meaning 'finally, at last'; unlike 「挙句」, which usually takes a bad result, it can lead up to a good one.
• Related結局けっきょくNeutralMeans 'after all, in the end' and is the most versatile of the group; it is neutral, so the outcome need not be bad as with 「挙句」.
• RelatedとうとうNeutralAdverb meaning 'finally, at last', as in 「とうとう雨が降り出した」; common in colloquial speech and not limited to bad results.
• RelatedつまりNeutralAdverb meaning 'that is to say, in other words'; it stresses restating what was just said, not the outcome of a process.
• Related所詮しょせんNeutralAdverb meaning 'after all, in the end'; it often carries resignation or a seen-it-all weariness, as in 「所詮は同じことだ」.
• Related畢竟ひっきょうWrittenAdverb meaning 'after all, when all is said and done'; it stresses the bottom line and is at home in written/formal prose.
• RelatedつまるところNeutralSet phrase meaning 'when all is said and done, in short'; it stresses summing up a discussion rather than reporting an outcome.
• Antonym冒頭ぼうとうNeutralMeans 'beginning, opening'; it is the antonym of 「挙句」, marking the start of a text or talk rather than its end.

Use 「挙句」 for the outcome after a long, trying process — usually a bad one, as in 「さんざん迷った挙句」. Emphasize it with 「挙句の果て」; for a neutral outcome pick 「結局」 or 「末に」, and for 'finally' (good or bad) 「遂に」 or colloquial 「到頭」. 「果ては」 stresses escalation, 「詰まるところ」 and 「詰まり」 restate or sum up, 「所詮」 sounds resigned, 「畢竟」 is written prose, and 「冒頭」 is the opposite, 'the beginning'.

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1. 連歌れんが、誹諧はいかい連歌れんがの最後さいごの句く。
2. (揚句あげく・上じょう句く・結局けっきょく)結局けっきょく。おわり。すえ。接続詞せつぞくし、接続せつぞく助詞じょし的てきにも用もちいられる。