～終(お)わる

おわる

suffix

to finish ~ing

1. to finish ~ing; to complete doing ~

Attaches to the masu-stem of a verb to indicate that the action has been completed in its entirety. Emphasizes that the process reached its endpoint.

I finally finished reading it.

I can't play until I finish writing my homework.

Once everyone has finished eating, let's start cleaning up.

Attaches to the masu-stem (連用形(れんようけい)) of verbs:

The compound conjugates as a godan verb (終(お)わる).

～終(お)わる vs. ～終(お)える: both take the same object as the base verb (本(ほん)を読(よ)み終(お)わる, 本(ほん)を読(よ)み終(お)える), but ～終(お)える stresses the subject deliberately completing the action and sounds a little more formal, while ～終(お)わる simply says the action has come to an end. 読(よ)み終(お)えた emphasizes the reader's agency; 読(よ)み終(お)わった simply states that the reading is done.
～終(お)わる vs. ～上(あ)がる: ～上(あ)がる indicates completion with a nuance of something being finished and ready (出来(でき)上(あ)がる, to be completed/finished).

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