1.
end; limit; the farthest point
The farthest end of a place, or the final point or outcome of a process. Usually follows a noun linked with の.
Common collocations
- 地の果て: the ends of the earth
- 世界の果て: the end of the world
- 〜の果てに: at the end of ~ (after a long process)
- 挙げ句の果て: in the end, to top it all (usually of a bad outcome)
- 成れの果て: what someone has become (a sad ruin of their former self)
Common patterns
果て is the noun from 果てる (to come to an end, to be used up), which also forms compounds such as 疲れ果てる (to be exhausted).