終わり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終
お
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 終り

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 終わる (owaru, “to end”, intransitive).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

終わり (hiragana おわり, rōmaji owari, historical hiragana をはり)

  1. end; conclusion; finish
    終 (お)わりの
    owari no
    final / last
    終 (お)わりまで
    owari made
    to the last / until the end
    終 (お)わりに
    owari ni
    in the end / finally
  2. death; collapse; fall
    あの国 (くに)も終 (お)わりが近 (ちか)い。
    Ano kuni mo owari ga chikai.
    That nation seems to be dying./The death of that nation seems to be coming soon.
    それを言 (い)っては終 (お)わりだ。
    Sore o itte wa owari da.
    Saying that makes one doomed.

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Verb

終わり (hiragana おわり, rōmaji owari, historical hiragana をはり)

  1. the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 終わる (owaru)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  • 1993, Living Language Japanese Dictionary, New York: Random House.
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