了りょう

noun

finish; completion; the end

A compact written noun meaning that something has come to an end or been completed. In everyday speech, longer words such as 終了 or 完了 are usually more natural.

• 原げん稿こうの最さい後ごに「了りょう」と記しるされていた。

  The word “the end” was written at the end of the manuscript.

• その章しょうは「了りょう」の一いち字じで締しめくくられている。

  The chapter is closed with the single character “end.”