終わり

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
終
お
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
終り
終わい
糸冬 (Internet slang)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

終(お)わり • (owari) ←をはり (wofari)?

  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.

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Verb

終(お)わり • (owari) ←をはり (wofari)?

  1. the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 終(お)わる (owaru).

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  • Living Language Japanese Dictionary (in Japanese), New York: Random House., 1993
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