Japanese

おわる
Meaning: to end; to finish
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 終る 終らない
Polite 終ります 終りません
Past 終った 終らなかった
Polite + Past 終りました 終りませんでした
Te-form 終って 終らなくて
Potential 終れる 終れない
Passive 終られる 終られない
Causative 終らせる 終らせない
Causative + Passive 終らされる 終らされない
Imperative 終れ 終るな

Handwriting

終
る

Example

This long movie will end soon.

Usage Notes

Used when something that was continuing reaches its conclusion. The kanji '終る' is a common variant of '終わる'.

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