終わい

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Japanese

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

Etymology

Equivalent to standard Japanese 終(お)わり (owari).

Noun

終(お)わい • (owai) 

  1. (Kagoshima, dialect) end
    • 1984 November 15, Motoka Murakami, “鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)の猛(も)者(さ)たちの巻(まき)”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん), volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 12–13:
      オレはこの九(きゅう)州(しゅう)へ武(む)者(しゃ)修(しゅ)行(ぎょう)さきた！逃(に)げもかくれもしねえ！何(なん)千(ぜん)人(にん)だって相(あい)手(て)になってやるぞ！
      Ore wa kono Kyūshū e musha shugyō sa kita! Nige mo kakure mo shinē! Nanzennin datte aite ni natte yaru zo!
      I’ve come to Kyūshū on my journey to perfect my martial arts! I will not run away or hide! I’m ready to face all of you!
      よういうた‼じゃっどん、ワイの武(む)者(しゃ)修(しゅ)行(ぎょう)はこん鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)だけで終(お)わいじゃっ‼
      Yō iu ta‼ Jaddon, wai no musha shugyō wa kon Kagonma dake de owai ja'‼
      Oh yeah⁉ Yer journey comes to its end in Kagoshima, here and now‼
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