Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
おわ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Verb edit

(おわ) (owaruをはる (wofaru)?intransitive godan (stem (おわ) (owari), past (おわ)った (owatta))

  1. Alternative spelling of 終わる

Usage notes edit

The 1981 Cabinet notification prescribes (通則2) the okurigana usage 終わる, but 終る is permitted (通則2許容) because there's no fear of it being misread.