sentei ga owatta.

The pruning is finished.

Breakdown of sentei ga owatta.

• が: subject particle
• 終おわる: to finish
• 剪定せんてい: pruning

Questions & Answers about sentei ga owatta.

How do you read 剪定が終わった?

It is read:

• 剪定 = せんてい
• が = が
• 終わった = おわった

So the full sentence is:

• せんてい が おわった。

What does 剪定 mean exactly?

剪定 means pruning, especially of trees, shrubs, or garden plants.

It is a somewhat formal or technical word compared with everyday words like 切る or 刈る. You will often see it in gardening, landscaping, or agriculture contexts.

Why is が used after 剪定?

Because 終わる is an intransitive verb, meaning to end or to be finished.

In this sentence, 剪定 is the thing that ended, so it takes が:

• 剪定が終わった = The pruning ended / The pruning is finished

A useful contrast is:

• 剪定が終わった = the pruning ended
• 剪定を終えた = someone finished the pruning

So が marks the thing that is in the state of being over.