N2 — outside your level filter
write + (past) + after all that, in the end — and the outcome was one the speaker resents
kaita agekuni
after all that, in the end — and the outcome was one the speaker resents
meaning: after all that writing
さんざん悩んだあげくに、結局どちらも買わなかった。
sanzan nayanda agekuni, kekkyoku dochira mo kawanakatta.
I ended up buying neither after all that agonizing. neutral
二時間も待たされたあげく、店、閉まってたんだよ。
nijikan mo matasareta ageku, mise, shimatteta n da yo.
They kept me waiting two whole hours and then the place was closed. casual