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帰結

きけつ

consequence, conclusion

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Examples

  1. 当然の帰結だ。

    とうぜんのきけつだ。

    It is a natural consequence.

  2. その失敗は必然的な帰結だった。

    そのしっぱいはひつぜんてきなきけつだった。

    That failure was an inevitable consequence.

  3. 長い議論は結局、同じ結論に帰結した。

    ながいぎろんはけっきょく、おなじけつろんにきけつした。

    The long discussion ended up arriving at the same conclusion.

Common patterns

当然の帰結
a natural consequence
論理的帰結
a logical consequence
〜に帰結する
to end up at, to come down to

Memory tip

Academic and editorial writing only; in speech you would just say 結果. 帰 is 'return to', so a 帰結 is where a line of reasoning or events comes home to rest.

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