TAKOBOTO

in the end, after all
in the end, he ended up in jail

りょうしんにそうだんしたあげくに、かれとりこんすることにした。

After talking with both (his) parents the end result was that I decided to divorce him.

あげくのはてにかれはけいむしょいきになった。

In the end he landed up in jail.

とうのぞうがよっぱらったあげくのはてにこうあつせんにおそいかかってかんでんし。

Four elephants get drunk and in the end crashed into high-voltage power lines, electrocuted.

さんざんかんがえたあげくそのけいかくをじっこうにうつした

After hard thinking , I carried out the plan

かのじょはみんなにさんざんめいわくをかけたあげく、あいさつもしないでかいしゃをやめていった。

After she gave people a great deal of trouble, she left the company without even saying good-bye.

コンピュータをぶっしょくしてあるいたあげく、より２００ドルやすいねだんでてにいれた。

I shopped around for my computer and ended up paying $200 less than David.

わたしはじゅうぶんこうりょしたあげくもうしでにおうじた。

I accepted the offer after due consideration.

いっぱいたべたあげくにはきだした。

After a lot of eating , I threw up.

さんざんもんくをいったあげくに、でていったんです。

After making so many complaints , she just got up and left.

ねりなるをかんせいしたあげく、からだがたくましくなりました。

after completing all the exercises, the body becomes stronger.

まよったあげくかれのさそいをことわってしまった。

After much dithering, in the end I turned down his invitation.

いろいろべんきょうしたあげく、そつぎょうしました。

After much studying, I graduated.

どのだいがくにりゅうがくしようかと、さんざんなやんだあげく、にほんのだいがくにきめた。

One way or another how much I wanted to studying abroad in an university, after much being harshly worried about it , I decided to go to a Japanese university.

まよったあげくかれのプロポーズをことわった。

After much hesitation , Iʼve turned down his proposal.

"after much (verb)-ing"

ageku implies doing something a lot.

"after much to-ing and fro-ing we finally decided to .."

悩んだ挙句、
"after a lot of worrying, we gave up caring"

dc

[ageku] and [kekkyoku] do both seem to be negative
[yatto] seems to be mostly positive
[sekkaku] can be both

勉強したあげくに卒業しました
after much studying, i graduated
(implies a long sigh about the process of studying... even though the result was positive)

せっかく勉強したので、卒業しました
thanks to all the studying, I passed!

ヤット！卒業しました！
finally! I passed!

勉強した後、卒業しました
after studying, I passed.

注意→ 日本語のnative speakerチェックして下さい！

dc

corrections to note above:

勉強したあげくに卒業しました It's better to add adjectives to make it natural.
→suggestion : 散々（さんざん） or 色々（いろいろ）_勉強した挙句に卒業しました。

せっかく勉強したので、卒業しました
→suggestion : 折角（せっかく）
折角勉強したので、教師（きょう）の資格（しかく）を取得（しゅとく）して、卒業しました。
Since I studied it all the way, I passed with a teacher's license.
折角勉強したのに、卒業することができませんでした。

勉強した後、卒業しました→勉強した後、合格しました。
after studying, I passed.

dc

Often used with さんざん

MightyAtom

According to a native speaker, this grammar adds a negative feeling to the sentence, so either the first part preceding the 挙句 or the following part should have a negative feel to reflect that.

In the example:
「散々考えた挙げ句その計画を実行にうつした」
this is equivalent to
「散々悩んだ挙げ句その計画を実行にうつした」
in feeling due to the presence of 挙句.

Similarly in another example
「両親に相談したあげくに、彼と結婚することにした。」
sounds unnatural, because the decision to marry someone is a positive one. If it was instead
「両親に相談したあげくに、彼と離婚することにした。」
then it would sound more natural because divorce has a negative connotation.

khyron

ageku should return a bad result

seishun

(n-adv,n-t) Noun-Adverb (a noun that can be used as an adverb) + Noun-timelike (a noun that can be used where a 'time' reference is expected).

Noun use 'ageku no hate' - ageku modifies hate
'time-like' use 'ageku kare no sasoi wo kotawatte shimatta.' (ageku specifies when 'kare no ...')

Amatuka

あげくに seems to be used much as あげく、(obviously you can't have あげくにの though).

Amatuka

electrocute : ile'ktrэkju`:t vt usu passive 感電しさせる

Miki

挙げ句の果て is an emphatic way of saying 挙げ句 so that it sounds more like "at the very end." Comes from the last stanza in 連句.

bamboo4

JDict examples

dc

I always thought that あげく is used for negative results.

Huess

It might be that the -process- has negative mood, but the result is not necessarily bad. See ex5 above.

eg After a lot of hard work, I passed the test.

I added a note to this, pending confirmation.

dc

In the second exmaple, 彼と結婚することにした should be translated as "I decided to marry him." If you say, 彼と結婚することとなった, than it is possible to say "it was decided that I marry him."

bamboo4

↑ changed.
And the notes are accurate with ageku and yatto?

dc

In notes, they are not natural.
勉強したあげくに卒業しました It's better to add adjectives to make it natural.
→suggestion : 散々（さんざん） or 色々（いろいろ）_勉強した挙句に卒業しました。

せっかく勉強したので、卒業しました
→suggestion : 折角（せっかく）
折角勉強したので、教師（きょう）の資格（しかく）を取得（しゅとく）して、卒業しました。
Since I studied it all the way, I passed with a teacher's license.
折角勉強したのに、卒業することができませんでした。

勉強した後、卒業しました→勉強した後、合格しました。
after studying, I passed.

Miki

what's the difference between あげく & 後？

shrek

後 is just "after"
挙（げ）句 implies "there was the process to reach the result" or "after all".

Miki

you should update your entry with Miki's corrections, she is absolutely right.

教師（きょうし）
Since I studied it all the way, I passed with a teacher's license ->
I think i understand your Japanese but I am not sure about your English translation. Which of the two do you mean:
1. Since I studied all the way, I graduated with the help of my teacher's license

Or

2. Since I studied all the way, I passed my teacher's license exam.

ezi

i quickly copied these suggestions above. if someone can combine/edit the two notes, i will delete the extra ones.

dc

The use of 折角 in せっかく勉強したので is archaic. Nowadays, people would say 一生懸命 or 頑張って勉強したので. In modern usage, 折角 is used in negative sense, such as 折角勉強したのに落第した (Though or despite the fact that I studied hard, I failed to make the grade)

bamboo4

I don't think there is a に at the back of あげく、 色々勉強したあげく、卒業しました。

誠

Since I had made all the effort of studying, I obtained my teacher's license and graduated with it.

誠

In the See Also section, it says that 挙句 is always used in the negative. However the examples and comments suggests that it can be used in both the negative and positive.

xabre24

Hi, In this example

色々勉強したあげく、卒業しました。
Since I had made all the effort of studying, I obtained my teacher's license and graduated with it.

The translation is incorrect... since the Japanese mentions nothing about a teacher's license. This simply says "After studying so much, I graduated"

マリ

Hi マリ, 誠's translation left out the "教師（きょう）の資格（しかく）を取得（しゅとく）して" part but is implying the same thing as miki's example.

h2oaso

I changed #6244 from: "Since I had made all the effort of studying, I obtained my teacher's license and graduated with it" to: after much studying, I graduated (using dc's example in the notes).

karekano

#6738 better English translation: I decided on a Japanese university after much worrying as to which university to go to abroad.

audvix@yahoo.com

I love the second example xD

lolol