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終おわる

Kana おわる Romaji owaru

JLPT N5 Common word

Definitions

01godan verb · intransitive

to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over

02godan verb · transitive

03suffix · godan verb

to finish doing

after the -masu stem of a verb

04godan verb · intransitive

colloquial

to be past its (one's) prime

as 終わって(い)る or 終わった

05godan verb · intransitive

colloquial

to be awful; to be terrible; to suck; to be hopeless

as 終わって(い)る

Examples

野球の試合は引き分けに終わった。

The baseball game ended in a draw.

Tatoeba #206335

彼は食べ終わるとすぐに、再び歩き始めた。

As soon as he finished eating, he began to walk again.

Tatoeba #103919

彼は彼らの激論を終わらせようとしたが無駄だった。

He tried in vain to put an end to their heated discussion.

Tatoeba #101142

Other forms

終る了る (rarely used kanji form)卒る (rarely used kanji form)畢る (rarely used kanji form)竟る (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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