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終わる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	終おわる	終おわらない
Polite	終おわります	終おわりません
Past polite	終おわりました	終おわりませんでした
Past	終おわった	終おわらなかった
Te-form	終おわって	終おわらないで
Desire	終おわりたい	終おわりたくない
Potential	終おわれる	終おわれない
Passive	終おわられる	終おわられない
Causative	終おわらせる	終おわらせない
Causative passive	終おわらせられるalso 終おわらされる	終おわらせられないalso 終おわらされない
Volitional	終おわろう
Polite volitional	終おわりましょう
Imperative	終おわれ	終おわるな
Conditional	終おわれば	終おわらなければ
Tara conditional	終おわったら	終おわらなかったら

Pairs with終える

Meanings

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が〈時とき〉に終おわるfor an event to end at a certain time
会かい議ぎは五ご時じに終おわった。
The meeting ended at five o'clock.
〈事こと〉を終おわりますto conclude something (formal closing phrase)
これで発はっ表ぴょうを終おわります。
This concludes my presentation.
〈人ひと〉は終おわっているsomeone is past their prime; someone is washed up
あの選せん手しゅはもう終おわっている。
That athlete is finished; he's past his prime.
〈物もの〉は終おわってるsomething is hopeless, awful, or unacceptable
このデザインは終おわってる。
This design is just terrible.
〈事こと〉に終おわるto end in a certain outcome or result
その計けい画かくは失しっ敗ぱいに終おわった。
The plan ended in failure.

Expressions· 8

終おわりまでto the end; until the end
終おわりんこfinished; done with; over
一いっ巻かんの終おわりthe end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
不ふ発はつに終おわるmisfire; come to nothing; end in failure; fizzle out; fall flat
徒と労ろうに終おわるend in vain; prove to be wasted effort

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終おわりを告つげるmark the end; spell the end; signal the end
始はじめ良よければ終おわり良よしa good beginning makes a good ending
終おわりよければすべてよしall's well that ends well

Grammar

始はじめる・出だす・続つづける・終おわるstart; suddenly start; keep on; finishN4

Kanji

終end, finish
了complete, finish
畢the end, finish
卒graduate, soldier, private
竟end, finally

Transitive / intransitive

終わる itself can be used intransitively, as in 会議が終わる (the meeting ends), or occasionally transitively in set closing phrases, as in これで発表を終わります (this concludes my presentation).

終おえるN3
終える is the clearly transitive verb (人が仕事を終える), while 終わる can be used intransitively (仕事が終わる) or, less commonly, transitively.

Related words· 9

済すむN4sense 1
済む emphasizes that something is settled or taken care of, while 終わる simply states that something has reached its end.
終しゅう了りょうN2sense 1
終了する is a formal, administrative word for ending used in announcements and systems, whereas 終わる is the plain everyday verb.
しまうN3
終わる is intransitive 'to end by itself', while 仕舞う is transitive and implies someone deliberately brings something to a close.
休きゅうする
終わる is the everyday neutral verb for something ending, while 休する in this sense is literary and implies the matter has reached a hopeless, final point.

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跳はねるN2
終わる is the plain, general verb for something ending, while 跳ねる specifically evokes a lively event or performance breaking up and dispersing.
果はてるN1
終わる is the common, everyday word for 'to end', while 果てる is more literary and often implies a final, exhaustive end.
暮くれるN3
終わる is a general verb for 'to end' anything, while 暮れる is used specifically for a day, season, or year drawing to a close, often with a poetic nuance.
引ひける
終わる means simply 'to end,' while 引ける adds the nuance of a scheduled dismissal or closing time, often with people dispersing.
閉とじるN3
終わる simply means something comes to an end, while 閉じる specifically frames that ending as a formal 'closing,' as with a meeting or event.

Opposites

始はじまるN5sense 1
始まる means to begin, the direct opposite of 終わる's meaning of coming to an end.
初そめる
初める (as in 咲き初める 'begin to bloom') marks the start of an action, while 〜終わる (咲き終わる 'finish blooming') marks its end.
続つづくN4
終わる means 'to end', the basic opposite of 続く's 'to continue'.

Word family· 16

終おわりN5
end; ending; close; conclusion · end of life; death
終おわり頃ごろ
toward the end
なし終おわる
finish doing; complete
命めいじ終おわる
finish giving orders; finish commanding
引いん用よう終おわり
end of quote; end of citation

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書かき終おわる
finish writing
終おわりかけ
final part; last bit; end
言いい終おわる
finish speaking; finish saying
読よみ終おわる
finish reading; read through
終おわりかける
be almost finished; be about to end
手て続つづき部ぶの終おわり
end of procedure division

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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.

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.