終わり

終わり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終
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kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 終り
• 終 (お)わい (owai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おわり [òwárí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]

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.

Synonyms

• (end): 終 (しま)い (shimai), 最後 (さいご) (saigo), 結末 (けつまつ) (ketsumatsu), 終末 (しゅうまつ) (shūmatsu)
• (death): ご臨 (りん)終 (じゅう) (gorinjū), 最期 (さいご) (saigo), 終 (しゅう)焉 (えん) (shūen)

Antonyms

• 始 (はじ)まり (hajimari)

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)

Related terms

• 終 (お)わる (owaru): to end (intransitive)
• 終 (お)える (oeru): to end something (transitive)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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.