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Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
1. to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over
  • やきゅう野球
  • しあい試合
  • ひきわ引き分け
  • 終わった
The baseball game ended in a draw.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
2. to finish; to complete; to conclude
  • かれ
  • かれ彼らの
  • げきろん激論
  • 終わらせよう
  • とした
  • むだ無駄
  • だった
He tried in vain to put an end to their heated discussion.
Suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending
3. to finish doingafter the -masu stem of a verb
  • かれ
  • 食べ
  • 終わる
  • すぐに
  • ふたた再び
  • ある歩き
  • はじ始めた
As soon as he finished eating, he began to walk again.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
4. to be past its (one's) primeColloquial, as 終わって(い)る or 終わった
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
5. to be awful; to be terrible; to suck; to be hopelessColloquial, as 終わって(い)る
Other forms
終る 【おわる】了る 【おわる】卒る 【おわる】畢る 【おわる】竟る 【おわる】
Notes
了る: Rarely-used kanji form. 卒る: Rarely-used kanji form. 畢る: Rarely-used kanji form. 竟る: Rarely-used kanji form.

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