終わる・おわる

Auxiliary Verb (Group 1) (Basic ㊦ 362)

Finish doing ~

Equivalent: Finish; end

源氏物語をやっと読み終わった・終わりました。: I finally finished reading The Tale of Genji.
やっと論文を書き終わった。: I finally finished writing a paper.
ちょうどご飯を食べ終わったところです。: I've just finished eating my meal.

Formation

Vます	終わる
	話し終わる	Finish talking
	食べ終わる	Finish eating

Notes

1. ~終わる is an auxiliary verb derived from the intransitive verb 終わる meaning 'end; comes to a close'.

2. ~終わる can be replaced by 終える in written Japanese. 終える, however, conjugates as a Group 2 verb.