N2 — outside your level filter

write + (past) + now that

kaita ueha

now that; given that — a settled fact demands a resolve, stated in formal or declamatory register

こうなったうえは、最後さいごまでたたかうしかない。

kou natta ue wa, saigo made tatakau shika nai.

Now that things have come to this, there's nothing to do but fight it out to the end. neutral

一度いちどけしたうえは、途中とちゅうすわけにはまいりません。

ichido o hikiuke shita ue wa, tochuu de nagedasu wake ni wa mairimasen.

Having accepted the task, I cannot possibly abandon it halfway. formal

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