果て・涯|はてhate[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounend; extremity; limit
   この汽車きしゃは世界せかいの果はて行いきの終列車しゅうれっしゃです。↗

   This train is the last train to the world's end.
2. nounresult; outcome; upshot; consequence

• SynonymエンドNeutralA loanword for an ending or end point, mostly for movies, matches and the like; 「果て」 stresses the far end of a space or process.
• Synonym端はしNeutralThe end or edge of a physical object, a matter of position; it can also mean the start. 「果て」 suggests a distant extremity or a final outcome.
• RelatedおしまいCasualColloquial for finishing up or calling it a day, also for being done for; 「果て」 leans written and stresses reaching the very end.
• Related終わりおわりNeutralThe everyday word for something ending, with the widest range of use; 「果て」 adds the feel of a far-off end or the state things finally land in.
• Related結末けつまつNeutralThe ending of an event or story, focused on how things turn out; 「果て」 stresses the state things finally land in or the far extremity.
• Related最後さいごNeutralThe last in a sequence, with the broadest everyday use; 「果て」 stresses the far end of a space or the final outcome of affairs.
• Related終末しゅうまつWrittenThe end of events or works, and also the end of the world; more formal than 「果て」 and rarely used for the far end of a place.
• Related終結しゅうけつWrittenThe formal winding-up of a war or event, as in 「戦争の終結」; 「果て」 points to the far end, not to a settlement.
• Related終盤しゅうばんNeutralThe final stage of a game or election — the stretch approaching the end; 「果て」 is the end point itself.
• Related最期さいごWrittenThe last moments of a person or the fall of an organization; 「果て」 covers the end of a road or a final outcome without pointing to death.
• Related終局しゅうきょくWrittenThe end of a go or shogi game, and by extension the settling of things; 「果て」 stresses the far end of a space or process.
• Related終幕しゅうまくWrittenThe final act of a play, extended to the curtain falling on events; 「果て」 stresses the far end of a space or process.
• Related最終さいしゅうNeutralMostly prefixed as 「最終～」 for the last of a series, as in 「最終電車」; 「果て」 names the end or outcome itself.
• Related末すえNeutralThe tail end, including the end of a period, and seen in 「苦労の末」; 「果て」 stresses a distant extremity or where things finally land.
• Related極端きょくたんNeutralMostly for leaning to one side or going to extremes, though it can name the outermost part; 「果て」 stresses the end of a space or process.
• Related末期まっきNeutralA stretch of time near the end, of an era or an illness; 「果て」 is the end point itself, not a period.
• Related終ついNeutralThe same word, also written 「終」; it can likewise mean the end of one's life. 「果て」 is about the end of a space or where a situation finally lands.
• Related仕舞いしまいNeutralWrapping up or closing time, as in 「店じまい」 (shutting up shop), and separately a noh dance term; 「果て」 is about the far end and never means knocking off.
• Related挙句の果てあげくのはてNeutralA set phrase for what things come to after all sorts of twists, usually something bad; 「果て」 alone names an end point or outcome without that build-up.
• RelatedどんづまりCasualColloquial for a dead-end road or being out of options; 「果て」 is more written and can suggest a distant, far-off end.
• Antonym因いんWrittenA cause, in formal prose and mostly within 「因果」; it stands opposite 「果て」 as the result things end in.
• Antonym元もとNeutralThe origin, root or cause of something; it stands opposite 「果て」, which marks the endpoint and final outcome.
• Antonym原因げんいんNeutralThe common word for what brings something about; it stands opposite 「果て」 as the final result.

Use 「果て」 for the far end of a space or process, or the state things finally land in, as in 「世界の果て」 and 「なれの果て」. For an ordinary ending say 「終わり」, for how a story turns out 「結末」, and for a deathbed 「最期」. 「最後」 covers last in order; 「終末」「終結」「終局」「終幕」 are formal written words for endings; 「どん詰り」 is a colloquial dead end; 「元」 and 「原因」 point the opposite way, to origins and causes.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 物ものや時間じかんなどが終おわる最後さいごの部分ぶぶん。また、そこまでの距離きょりや範囲はんいの限界げんかい。
2. ある行動こうどうや事柄ことがらがもたらす最終的さいしゅうてきな状態じょうたいや結果けっか。