1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Adverb (fukushi)

   in the end; after all is said and done

   Usually written using kana aloneとど is the last of the names used to refer to the striped mullet at its various stages of growthsee とど

   その説明に対する彼の答はとどのつまり意味をなさない。

Also written 鯔のつまり【とどのつまり】todonotsumari