終る

おわる

To finish, to end, to be over

N5verb·owaru

How to remember it

Same root as 終わり (owari, 'the end') — when something comes to its end, it's owari.

Example sentences

  • 仕事が終わりました。

    しごとがおわりました。

    My work has finished.

  • 授業は五時に終わります。

    じゅぎょうはごじにおわります。

    The class ends at five o'clock.

Usage

Intransitive; the subject is what ends (e.g. 仕事が終わる).

Related words

始まる終わり済む

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