おわる

終 わる

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

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

    • 野球の試合は引き分けに終わった。
      The baseball game ended in a draw.

  2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to finish, to complete, to conclude

    • 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.

  3. suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to finish doing
    after the -masu stem of a verb

    • 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.

  4. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to be past its (one's) prime
    as 終わって(い)る or 終わった
    colloquial

  5. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to be awful, to be terrible, to suck, to be hopeless
    as 終わって(い)る
    colloquial