終おわる

お

わ

る

Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 500

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

end; come to an end; be over

Intransitive use: the event, period, work, or state itself ends. The thing that ends is usually marked with が or は.

会かい議ぎは三さん時じに終おわった。
The meeting ended at three.
夏なつ休やすみがもうすぐ終

お

わる

。

Summer vacation will be over soon.

2

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

finish; complete; conclude

Transitive use with を. It is especially natural in set closing phrases such as 発表を終わります; 終える is often the more explicitly transitive or polished alternative.

それでは、これで私わたしの発はっ表ぴょうを終おわります。
With that, I will conclude my presentation.

3

suffix, godan verb (-ru)

finish doing

Suffix-like compound verb after a verb's masu-stem, as in 読み終わる, 食べ終わる, 書き終わる. It means completing that action.

本ほんを読よみ終おわったら、感かん想そうを聞きかせて。
Tell me what you thought after you finish reading the book.
ご飯はんを食たべ終おわってから宿しゅく題だいをした。
I did my homework after I finished eating.

4

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be past one's prime; be washed up

colloquial

Colloquial, often harsh use in forms like 終わっている or 終わった, saying that a person, career, product, trend, etc. has lost its former value or vitality.

あの選せん手しゅはもう終おわったと言いわれたが、翌よく年ねんまた優ゆう勝しょうした。
People said that athlete was already washed up, but the next year he won again.

5

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be awful; be terrible; suck; be hopeless

colloquial

Colloquial slang use, especially 終わってる, for something judged extremely bad, hopeless, broken, or unacceptable. It can sound blunt or rude.

このアプリ、バグだらけで終おわってる。
This app is awful; it's full of bugs.

Written forms

終おわるUsage85%
Standard modern spelling with okurigana; the most useful form for learners.
終おわるUsage12%
Less common okurigana variant; 終わる is the safer standard spelling in ordinary writing.
おわるUsage3%
了おわるUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form given; not recommended for normal modern writing.
畢おわるUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form given; mainly useful for recognition.
卒おわる
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form listed for the reading おわる; not recommended for normal modern writing.
竟おわる
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form given; mainly useful for recognition.

Kanji

終end, finish
了complete, finish
畢the end, finish
卒

Similar words

終おえる
A clearer transitive verb meaning to finish or bring something to an end; often more deliberate or polished than transitive 終わる.
済すむ
Means to be finished, settled, or taken care of; it focuses on completion or resolution rather than simply reaching an end.
終しゅう了りょうする
A more formal or administrative verb for something ending or being terminated, common in announcements, systems, events, and procedures.

Etymology

A native Japanese verb written in modern Japanese with 終, the standard kanji associated with ending or finishing. The other attested kanji spellings are rare alternatives rather than ordinary modern choices.

graduate, soldier, private

竟end, finally