終わります（おわります、owarimasu）
- to finish

The Japanese word 終わります (おわります) means "to finish," "to end," or "to be over." It is the polite, ます-form of the verb 終わる (おわる), which is the plain form. This verb describes the completion of an action, event, or process. It can also describe the closure of something, like a business or a program. The nuances depend on context. It indicates that something has reached its conclusion.

⚫︎授業が終わります Translation: The class is over. ⚫︎仕事が終わります Translation: The work is finished. ⚫︎映画が終わります Translation: The movie ends.

⚫︎You use 終わります in formal or polite situations. ⚫︎It is common in business settings, with superiors, or when speaking to strangers. ⚫︎It is used to express that something has completed, ceased, or is no longer ongoing. ⚫︎You can use it with various subjects, such as time, tasks, events, or processes.

⚫︎終わります is written in hiragana as おわります. ⚫︎The kanji form is 終わります. The kanji 終 means "end" or "finish" and is used in the verb's stem. ⚫︎The okurigana (suffix hiragana) for the plain form 終わる is る. The ます-form, 終わります adds ます.

⚫︎終了します (しゅうりょうします) - to finish, to conclude (more formal) ⚫︎済ませます (すませます) - to finish, to complete (focus on completing a task) ⚫︎済む (すむ) - to be finished, to be over (casual, less common in formal settings)

⚫︎始まります (はじまります) - to begin, to start ⚫︎始まる (はじまる) - to begin, to start (plain form)

会議は５時に終わります ・Translation: The meeting will end at 5 o'clock. ・Explanation: This sentence indicates that the meeting's scheduled duration concludes at 5 PM.

宿題が終わります。 ・Translation: The homework is finished. ・Explanation: This sentence signifies that the homework assignment has been completed.

The verb 終わる (おわる) comes from the Old Japanese word 終わる (owaru). The kanji 終 (shuu) that is used in the word comes from Chinese and reflects the concept of "end" or "termination." The word's meaning has remained consistent throughout history.