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終える · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb

Only when written 終える / 了える

Transitive verb for bringing something to an end. Also used as an auxiliary verb after the continuative form of another verb to mean 'finish doing'.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

graduate; finish school

Used specifically for completing a course of study or graduating from an institution. Often appears as 学業を終える or 大学を終える.

〈事こと〉を終おえるto finish (a task, job, or activity)
彼かれは今日きょうの仕し事ごとを終おえて、家いえに帰かえった。
He finished today's work and went home.
学がく業ぎょうを終おえるto finish one's schooling/studies
彼かの女じょは無む事じに学がく業ぎょうを終おえて、社しゃ会かい人じんになった。
She successfully completed her schooling and became a working adult.
〈場ば所しょ〉を終おえるto finish one's time at (a school, institution)
彼かれは大だい学がくを終おえて、すぐに就しゅう職しょくした。
He finished university and found a job right away.

終おわるN5sense 1
終える is transitive and needs an agent who finishes something; 終わる is its intransitive partner, describing something ending on its own.

済すませるN3sense 1
済ませる is a casual, everyday way to say 'get something done', while 終える is more neutral and slightly more formal in writing.
卒そつ業ぎょうN4sense 2
卒業する is the common, specific verb for 'to graduate', while 終える in the same sense (as in 学業を終える) is rarer and sounds slightly more formal.
仕し上あげるN2sense 1
仕上げる stresses finishing a task to completion with care or polish, whereas 終える simply marks the act of stopping/completing without that nuance.
修しゅう了りょうN2sense 2
修了する specifically means completing a set course or training program, while 終える is a broader verb that can also describe finishing general tasks.

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完かん了りょうN3sense 1
完了する is a formal, often business or technical term for a process reaching completion, while 終える is a more general, everyday verb.
打うち上あげるN1
終える is the general verb for finishing anything, while 打ち上げる specifically means bringing an event's run, performance series, or tournament to its close.
済すますN2
終える is a neutral verb for finishing something, while 済ます often adds a nuance of relief or bringing a matter to a proper close.
切きり上あげるN1
終える simply means to finish something to completion, whereas 切り上げる specifically means to stop early before the planned end.

始はじめるN5sense 1
始める means 'to begin/start' something, the direct opposite of 終える 'to finish/complete' something.

終おえるUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling for finishing or completing something.
おえるUsage6%
卒おえるUsage<1%
Rare kanji for 'to graduate'; limited to specific contexts.
了おえるUsage<1%
Rare alternative kanji for 'to finish'; mostly seen in older or formal writing.

The modern transitive verb continues classical 終ふ “finish, bring to an end.” It is paired in modern Japanese with the intransitive 終わる.