[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1564735221768{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”80″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][dfd_heading subtitle=”あげく（に）, ageku ni” delimiter_settings=”delimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=”” title_font_options=”tag:h2|font_size:40″ subtitle_font_options=”tag:div|font_size:20|line_height:40″]Ageku あげく[/dfd_heading][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”60″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1564729314045{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][dfd_heading subtitle=”Meaning of あげく, ageku” content_alignment=”text-left” delimiter_settings=”delimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=”” title_font_options=”tag:div|color:%23bfbfbf” subtitle_font_options=”tag:h3″]Meaning & Definition[/dfd_heading][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”30″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][vc_column_text]Meaning: in the end; finally; eventually; after
An adverb / conjunction indicating that one spends an extended period of time before reaching a result.[/vc_column_text][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”30″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ col_inner_shadow=”box_shadow_enable:disable|shadow_horizontal:0|shadow_vertical:15|shadow_blur:50|shadow_spread:0|box_shadow_color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.35)” col_inner_shadow_hover=”box_shadow_enable:disable|shadow_horizontal:0|shadow_vertical:15|shadow_blur:50|shadow_spread:0|box_shadow_color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.35)”][dfd_heading subtitle=”Structure of あげく, ageku” content_alignment=”text-left” delimiter_settings=”delimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=”” title_font_options=”tag:div|color:%23bfbfbf” subtitle_font_options=”tag:h3″]Structure & Formation[/dfd_heading][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”30″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][vc_column_text]Formation:
- Vinf.past あげく（に）
話したあげく（に） (after someone talked) - Vinf.past あげくの Ｎ
考えたあげくの決断 (a decision made after deliberation)
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あげく（に）indicates that one spends an extended period of time before reaching some result. The verb preceding あげく（に）has to be a Vinf.past. Notice that the entire verb phrase Vinf.past あげく（に）usually represents something troubling, as shown in the examples.
Since the あげく（に）constructions indicates two past events in sequence, it cannot be used for events in the future.
あげく（に）can be rephrased using あげくの果てに（は）when the eventual outcome is a rather extreme one.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1564729338209{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”60″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][dfd_heading subtitle=”” content_alignment=”text-left” delimiter_settings=”delimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=”” title_font_options=”tag:h3|font_size:24″ subtitle_font_options=”tag:div”]Ageku あげく Example Sentences[/dfd_heading][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]さんざん考えたあげく（に）大学院へ進学することにした。
After thinking for a long time, I decided to go on to graduate school.
彼女の離婚は数年悩んだあげくの決断だった。
Her divorce was a decision she made after agonizing for several years.
私はさんざん悩んだあげくに最初に勤めていた会社を辞めた。
I quit the company where I first worked after thinking very hard (about what to do).
彼はアジア、ヨーロッパ、北米などいろいろな国の女性つき合ったあげくに、結局は生涯独身で過ごした。
He dated women from various countries in Asia, Europe and North America, but in the end he spent his entire life single.
妻はあの靴がいい、この靴がいいと、いろいろと履いてみたあげくに、どれも買わずに店を出た。
Saying “I like this one” or “I like that one,” my wife tried on all sorts of shoes, but after all that, she left the store without buying any of them.
山田は私の車を一ヵ月も使ったあげく、返す時をお礼の一言も言わなかった。
After using my car for a whole month, Yamada didn’t say even a word of thanks when he returned it.
さんざん迷ったあげく、一年休職してアメリカに留学することにした。
After weighing my options for a long time, I finally decided to take a one-year leave from my company to study abroad in the U.S.
彼女は既婚の男性との恋に溺れたあげくに、自分の人生を台無しにしてしまった。
After falling in love with a married man, her own life was in ruins.
どのテレビを買おうかと迷ったあげく、何も買わずに帰ってしまった。
I couldn’t decide which television I should buy, so (in the end) I went home without buying any.
彼が自殺したのはよくよく悩みぬいたあげくのことだったのであろう。
It must have been after really agonizing that he committed suicide.
無料のネットサービスには、登録時に住所、氏名、電話番号、生年月日、あげくの果てには学歴、年収、家族構成など、様々な個人情報を要求してくるものがある。
There are some Internet services that require at the time of registration your address, name, telephone number, date of birth, and at the end, all sorts of personal information such as educational background, annual income and family size, etc.
父は長年自分の車を自分で直し続けたが、あげくの果てには、とうとう自分で車を作ってしまった。
My father had been repairing his own cars for many years, and in the end he made a whole new car himself.
キャシーは京都の舞子の生活に強い興味を持ち、あげくの果てには一年間祇園で舞子と寝食をともにして、その生活を観察した。
Cathy was deeply interested in how the maiko live in Kyoto, and eventually she observed their lives while living under the same roof with them for a year in Gion.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”60″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1564729314045{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][dfd_heading subtitle=”Expression Similar with あげく, あげくに ageku ni” content_alignment=”text-left” delimiter_settings=”delimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=”” title_font_options=”tag:div|color:%23bfbfbf” subtitle_font_options=”tag:h3″]Related Expression[/dfd_heading][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”30″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][vc_column_text]There are three related expressions:
- 上で, which expresses a preparatory action for a relatively important action
- 末に, which indicates the end of a period, and
- 結果, the neutral expression “as a result of something”
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