Structure
Verb[ます]+ 終わる
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About おわる
To say that (A) is ending/finishing, we will need to attach おわる to the ます stem of almost any verb. Whether you use the hiragana form, or the kanji form does not matter, as there will be no change in nuance.
- 荷物は全部届け終わりました。I have finished delivering all the packages.
- この車のローンは明日払い終わる。I will finish paying the loan for this car tomorrow.
- 学生生活は明日で終わります。My student life will end tomorrow. (Will finish)
- ん、で終わる言葉を使って負けた。I used a word ending with ん, and lost. (Is finishing)
- 戦争は20年前に終わった。The war ended 20 years ago. (Has finished)
Synonyms
込む ②
Remain, To do thoroughly, Deeply, Intensely
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てしまう・ちゃう
To do something by accident, To finish completely・totally, Unfortunately
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上がる・上げる
Something is finished, To finish something, Something has come to an end, To do something completely, To do something through
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切る
To do something completely to the end, Utterly, Resolutely
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Antonyms
Examples
2時間もかかったけど、食べ終わりました。
It took two hours but I finished eating.
3時ごろに作り終わる。
I will finish making it around three o'clock.
この番組は見終わった。
I finished watching this program.
走り終わったのは何時ぐらいでしたか?
Around what time did you finish running?
宿題を直し終わった人は教えてください。
Those who have finished fixing the homework, let me know.
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おわる – Grammar Discussion
Most Recent Replies (12 in total)
testing
About 1 year ago
I have a question about the intransitive nature of 終る and the use of は and を to mark the target.
Some example sentences use は:
- この番組は見終わった。
- 図書館から借りた本は読み終わった?
Other example sentences use を:
- 何になりたいかの文章を書き終わりましたか。
- 宿題を直し終わった人は教えてください。
I thought intransitive verbs don’t take objects with を, so how does that work? Is that a special case for 終る?
Daru
About 1 year ago
Not quite! It’s because the verb stem connecting to the intransitive 終わる is itself transitive.
- 文章を書く→ 文章を書き…
- 問題を直す → 問題を直し…
Hope this helps clear it up!
Isurandil492
About 1 year ago
テレビを見るのはたべおわってから。
Can somebody explain the から here to me?
EDIT: Oh, I think I got it now. It’s the てから grammar point.
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