► 副詞
結局 [けっきょく] meaning: after all rank: 1
☆ 専門家に頼んだほうが結局安くつく ⇨ It will end up cheaper to ask professionals to do it
☆ 結局何が言いたいんだ？ ⇨ So what do you really want to say after all?
結局 [けっきょく] meaning: result rank: 1
☆ いろいろやってみたが、結局旨く行かなかった ⇨ We tried everything, but in the end it didn’t work
☆ で、結局どうなったんだ？ ⇨ So, what was the end result?
☆ 試合は二回の延長の後、結局引き分けに終わった ⇨ After two overtimes, the game ended in a tie
More examples:
- 端折ると後で結局ツケが回ってくる ⇨ If you cut corners you will have to pay the price later
- しばらく待ったけれども、結局彼は現れなかった ⇨ I waited for a while, but he didn’t show up in the end
- 私達は散々議論したが結局同じ結論に帰結した ⇨ We discussed over and over but ended up reaching the same conclusion
- 買ってみたものの、結局使わなかった ⇨ I bought it but haven’t really used it
- 色々試したが、結局元の方法に戻した ⇨ I’ve tried many different ways, but in the end returned to the original way
- その試作車は結局市販されず、幻の名車となった ⇨ The prototype car never went into production and became a mythical legend
- 安物はすぐ壊れるから結局損をする ⇨ Cheap stuff will break easily so you end up losing money
- 一応買いはしたが結局使わなかった ⇨ I did buy it to be safe, but in the end didn’t use it
- あれこれ考えたが結局決められなかった ⇨ I thought about a lot of options but wasn’t able to decide in the end
- 世の中結局金が物を言う ⇨ In the end money talks in this world
- 欲張り過ぎて結局損をした ⇨ I was too greedy and ended up losing more
- 余り打算し過ぎると結局損をすることが多い ⇨ When you’re too calculating you often end up losing more
- この道具はどっちつかずで結局役に立たない ⇨ This tool is a kind of tweener and not useful in the end
- 結局はこちらが折れざるを得なかった ⇨ In the end we had to yield, compromise
- それを聞いて彼はいきり立ったが、結局どうしようもなかった ⇨ He got very angry when he heard that, but there was nothing he could do