1.
and eventually, by extension, furthermore
Indicates that something leads to or affects something larger or more significant, showing a chain of consequences.
Nuance: Marks an escalation in scope - from smaller to larger, individual to collective, immediate to eventual.
Pattern: A、ひいてはB
- A is the nearer, smaller effect
- B is the broader effect that follows from it
Common contexts: policy discussion (individual impact to social impact), business (one firm to a whole 業界), and cause-and-effect chains running from the immediate to the eventual.
Register: Formal to semi-formal - academic writing, business presentations, speeches, and news analysis. It sounds stiff in casual conversation.
Similar words
- さらには - "furthermore, moreover" (adds a point rather than widening scope)
- そして - "and then" (simple sequence)
- 延いては - kanji variant of this word, same meaning
- ともすれば - "all too easily" (a tendency, not an expansion)
Note: The ひいて comes from 引く (to pull, to draw out), hence the sense of a consequence being drawn out to a wider sphere.