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終わる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
終わる
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Reading : おわる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
to finish; to end; to close  (also written 了る, 卒る, etc.)
In modern Japanese, 終わる is the correct form. In the Meiji era, 終る was more common. While not technically incorrect, it is no longer commonly used.
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 190,601 which gives a rank of 135
終わる is the most useful form. 6 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 8,000 (about 96,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 45 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 884
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 11 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
きょう
今日
しごと
仕事
わって
からいっぱいやりません
How about having a drink after we finish our work today?
しごと
仕事
ほとんど
わった

The work was all but finished.
でんわ
電話
らないで
くだ
さい
まだ
はなし
わっていません

Don't hang up; I haven't finished talking to you.
おわる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 105,000 (about 1,610,000 results)
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 11 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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終る
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Reading : おわる   
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• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 10,000 (about 70,200,000 results)
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了わる
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Reading : おわる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 191,000 (about 333,000 results)
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卒わる
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Reading : おわる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 196,000 (about 288,000 results)
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竟わる
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Reading : おわる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 211,000 (about 181,000 results)
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畢わる
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Reading : おわる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 227,000 (about 92,700 results)
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シュウ   end   おわる to come to an end   おえる to bring to an end   
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シ   いと thread   
トウ   ふゆ winter   
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ice
go
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リョウ    complete   
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シ   ス   こ child   
ソツ    graduate, soldier   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
lid
finally
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legs
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
finish
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