終わり

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
終
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kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
終り終わい糸冬 (Internet slang)

Etymology edit

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 終わる (owaru, “to end”, intransitive).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) おわり [òwárí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞ɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]

Noun edit

終(お)わり • (owari) ^{←をはり (wofari)^?}

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
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.

Synonyms edit

(end): 終(しま)い (shimai), 最後(さいご) (saigo), 結末(けつまつ) (ketsumatsu), 終末(しゅうまつ) (shūmatsu), 終(お)え (oe)
(death): ご臨終(りんじゅう) (gorinjū), 最期(さいご) (saigo), 終焉(しゅうえん) (shūen)

Antonyms edit

始(はじ)まり (hajimari)

Verb edit

終(お)わり • (owari) ^{←をはり (wofari)^?}

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

Related terms edit

終(お)わる (owaru): to end (intransitive)
終(お)える (oeru): to end something (transitive)

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Living Language Japanese Dictionary (in Japanese), New York: Random House., 1993

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