Illustration: On an apartment living-room floor, a cat sleeps deeply inside the plain cardboard box that delivered an elaborate new cat bed. Around the box sit a cushion nest, a small fabric cave, and the newly assembled raised bed, all empty and arranged as successive attempts to please the animal.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

結けっ局きょく

kekkyoku

in the end, after all

Example sentences

結局けっきょく我々われわれは妥協だきょうした。
In the end, we reached a compromise.
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結局けっきょく失敗しっぱいするさ。
After all, it’s sure to fail.
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彼かれは結局けっきょく失敗しっぱいした。
He failed after all.
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Kanji in 結局

結tie; bindOnケツ・ケチKunむすぶ・ゆう・ゆわえる
局bureau; boardOnキョクKunつぼね

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