完結|かんけつkanketsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbconclusion; completion

• Synonym終結しゅうけつWrittenWritten word for wars, incidents and disputes being settled; it stresses a situation coming to an end, while 「完結」 stresses a whole series finishing as one.
• Synonym終了しゅうりょうNeutralNeutral, businesslike word for activities, programs and deadlines ending, as in 「試合終了」; it can also be used transitively.
• Synonym完了かんりょうNeutralFor procedures and tasks being fully done, as in 「登録完了」 or 「執筆が完了する」; it stresses finishing the task, while 「完結」 stresses a work or series wrapping up.
• SynonymおしまいCasualColloquial for being done or calling it a day, as in 「今日はおしまい」; it can also mean things are beyond saving, a nuance 「完結」 lacks.
• SynonymむすびNeutralNames the closing part of a text or speech, as in 「結びの言葉」; it also means tying or joining, so it is about the ending section, not overall completion.
• Synonym終幕しゅうまくWrittenLiterally the final act of a play, and by extension the curtain falling on events; 「完結」 is not tied to the stage.
• Synonym終わりおわりNeutralThe most common noun for an end or finishing point; unlike 「完結」 it does not stress that everything is complete.
• Synonym終わるおわるNeutralThe everyday verb 'to end or finish' and the most usual choice; 「完結」 emphasizes a whole series or work ending as one.
• Related済むすむNeutralNeutral verb, very common in speech, for a matter being finished or settled without further fuss; it does not stress a whole series ending.
• Related終息しゅうそくWrittenWritten word for an epidemic, dispute or the like dying down; it stresses a situation ceasing, while 「完結」 speaks of a whole being completed.
• Related切り上げきりあげNeutralBringing something to a close at a suitable point or knocking off work, and also rounding a number up; it does not imply everything is finished.
• Related終止しゅうしWrittenWritten word for stopping or terminating, as in 「終止符を打つ」; it stresses bringing something to a halt, not a series finishing, and belongs to formal prose.
• Related仕舞いしまいCasualColloquial noun for the end or the last stretch, as in 「これで仕舞いだ」; it also names a plain-costume dance in noh, a sense 「完結」 never has.
• Related締めくくりしめくくりNeutralThe final wrap-up or summing-up, as in 「一年の締めくくり」; it points to the closing stage itself rather than the whole being complete.
• Related了するりょうするWrittenWritten, old-fashioned verb for finishing or completing, which can also mean understanding; elegant but rare in modern Japanese.
• Antonym未完みかんWrittenWritten antonym for something not yet finished, as in 「未完の小説」; the direct opposite of a work reaching 「完結」.
• Antonym中断ちゅうだんNeutralStopping or breaking off partway through; it stands against 「完結」, which is about the whole reaching its end.
• Antonym未了みりょうWrittenWritten antonym for a matter still unsettled, as in 「審議未了」; the formal opposite of 「完結」.

Use 「完結」 for a serialized work or series ending as a whole, as in 「シリーズ完結」. Say 「完了」 when a procedure or task is done, 「終了」 when an activity, program or deadline ends, and 「終結」 when a war, incident or dispute is settled. 「終わり」 and 「終わる」 are the everyday defaults for a plain end; 「締めくくり」 is the final wrap-up, 「結び」 the close of a text, 「終幕」 the curtain falling, 「終息」 a situation dying down, 「切り上げ」 stopping at a good point, 「済む」 a matter settled, and 「仕舞い」/「お仕舞い」 colloquial ends. Opposites: 「未完」, 「中断」, 「未了」.

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1. 一続ひとつづきの物事ものごとがすっかり終おわること。