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Breakdown of owaru
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If you don't have enough threads to make clothes in winter, it will be your end.
Usages of owaru
学校 が 終わって から、 家 に 帰った。gakkou ga owatte kara, ie ni kaetta.
I returned home after school finished.
そちら の 新聞、 読み 終えました か？sochira no shinbun, yomi oemashita ka?
Have you finished reading that newspaper?
結構 早く 終わりました。kekkou hayaku owarimashita.
It ended quite early. (positive tone)
ミーティング は 三時 まで に 終わる でしょう。miitingu wa sanji made ni owaru deshou.
The meeting will probably end by 3 o'clock.
遊び の 時間 が 終わりました。asobi no jikan ga owarimashita.
The playing time is over.
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