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終る

終る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3

Verb

終る (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana おわる, romaji owaru, historical hiragana をはる)

  1. Alternative spelling of 終わる

Usage notes

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.