1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

   to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over

   野球の試合は引き分けに終わった。

2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

   to finish; to complete; to conclude

3. Suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

   to finish doing

   after the -masu stem of a verb

4. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

   to be past its (one's) prime

   Colloquialas 終わって(い)る or 終わった

5. to be awful; to be terrible; to suck; to be hopeless

   Colloquialas 終わって(い)る

Also written 終る【おわる】owaru、了る【おわる】owaru、卒る【おわる】owaru、畢る【おわる】owaru、竟る【おわる】owaru