To End
To Be Over
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means end and so the verb version of this is to end or to be over.
It's an intransitive verb, meaning it happens on its own. Something ends, but you don't cause it to end.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
This situation has to end. You're the ower (おわ) of a lot of money. For this to end, you need to pay back all that money. Try to think of ways to stop being an ower so this stressful situation can end!
夏休みが終わる前に、海に行きたいです。
I want to go to the ocean before the summer vacation is over.
今日のクラスは全て終わりました。
Today's class is all done.
スタジオの前の道路の工事が中々終わらないので、ポッドキャストのレコーディングに集中できません。
The construction of the road in front of the studio is taking time to be completed, so I can't concentrate on recording podcasts.