末

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 末, read すえ, denotes the end or outcome of a process, or a person’s future course.
• Basic usage: It refers to the outcome reached after long discussion and a daughter’s future course of life.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• End result and future course
  • 〜の末 marks the result after a long process, while 行く末 means the future course or fate ahead.