日本語道場
Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2
N2
～に至って
~ni itatte
when it reaches the point of
When to use it
Use ～に至って in written or formal spoken Japanese to mark the moment a situation has escalated to a serious, often extreme stage — typically the point at which someone finally acts or realizes something. It carries a note of belatedness or gravity, so it suits reports, minutes, and negotiation postmortems rather than casual updates. Compare ～に至る (to reach the point of, plain statement) and ～に至っては (singling out the most extreme case).
Formation
Examples
Now that it has come to this, we have no choice but to consider withdrawal.
Only when it reached litigation was the control system finally reviewed.
It took getting to contract termination for them to finally concede.
At the point right before launch, we were asked to change the specs.
At this stage, scrapping the plan entirely is out of the question.