Vocabulary

What does 果てる (はてる, hateru) mean?

果てる (はてる, hateru) means to come to an end, to be exhausted; to die.

Quick facts
Readingはてる
Romajihateru
Part of speechichidan verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
はてる
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonhateru

to come to an end, to be exhausted; to die

  1. 1ichidan verb · intransitive to end; to be finished; to be exhausted
  2. 2ichidan verb · intransitive to die; to perish
  3. 3ichidan verb · auxiliary verb to do utterly; to do completely

Example sentences

  • Even the heated argument finally came to an end.

  • The aged traveler died in a foreign land.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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