終わり

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

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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]

Noun[edit]

()わり (owariをはり (wofari)?

  1. end; conclusion; finish
    ()わりの
    owari no
    final / last
    ()わりまで
    owari made
    to the last / until the end
    ()わりに
    owari ni
    in the end / finally
  2. death; collapse; fall
    あの(くに)()わり(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()っては()わりだ。
    Sore o itte wa owari da.
    Saying that makes one doomed.

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Verb[edit]

()わり (owariをはり (wofari)?

  1. the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 終わる (owaru)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2.0 2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  • Living Language Japanese Dictionary, New York: Random House., 1993