終わる (Owaru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to end, to come to an end, to finish, to close”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over
- godan verb, transitive verbto finish; to complete; to conclude
- suffix, godan verbto finish doingafter the -masu stem of a verb
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be past its (one's) primeas 終わって(い)る or 終わった
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be awful; to be terrible; to suck; to be hopelessas 終わって(い)る
Examples
幕が終わり明かりがついた。
The act ended and the lights were turned on.
部屋の掃除が終わりました。
I have finished cleaning my room.
彼らはその紛争を終わらせた。
They brought the trouble to an end.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).