JLPT N5 vocabulary
終わる: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
おわる0Heiban · flat
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to end, come to an end, finish, close, be over
- to finish, complete, conclude
- (suffix, godan verb ending in ru) to finish doing (after the -masu stem of a verb)
- (colloquial) to be past one's prime
- (colloquial) to be awful, terrible, suck, be hopeless
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 終わる | 終わ |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 終わ | 終わ |
| Polite presentます形 | 終わ | 終わ |
| Polite pastました形 | 終わ | 終わ |
| Te-formて形 | 終わ | 終わ |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 終わ | 終わ |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 終わ | 終わ |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 終わ | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 終わ | 終わ |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 終わ | 終わる |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 終わ | 終わ |
| Passive受身形 | 終わ | 終わ |
| Make / let使役形 | 終わ | 終わ |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 終わ | 終わ |
Example sentences
今日は仕事が終わらなくて休めそうにない。
My work won't get finished today, so it doesn't look like I'll get any rest.
朝ご飯を食べ終わったあとでお風呂に入りました。
After finishing breakfast, I took a bath.
手術が終わったので、 これから痛みが消えていくよ。
The surgery is finished, so the pain will begin to disappear.