Godan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to end, to come to an end, to finish, to close, to be over.

Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to finish, to complete, to conclude.

suffix, Godan verb

After the -masu stem of a verb.
  1. to finish doing.

Godan verb, intransitive verb

Colloquialism.
  1. to be past its (one's) prime. As 終わって(い)る or 終わった.
  2. to be awful, to be terrible, to suck, to be hopeless. As 終わって(い)る.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
終わる おわる
 
終る おわる
 
了る おわる
 
卒る おわる
 
畢る おわる
 
竟る おわる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

end, finish
お.わる シュウ おわ.る (3rd, N4)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
winter
ふゆ トウ (2nd, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)