終業|しゅうぎょうshuugyou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbend of the work day; close of business
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbend of the school term; end of the school year
Conjugation
Dictionary form終業する(しゅうぎょうする)
Polite (masu)終業します(しゅうぎょうします)
Negative (nai)終業しない(しゅうぎょうしない)
polite (masen)終業しません(しゅうぎょうしません)
classical zu / nu終業せず・終業せぬ(しゅうぎょうせず・しゅうぎょうせぬ)
Past (ta)終業した(しゅうぎょうした)
polite (mashita)終業しました(しゅうぎょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)終業しなかった(しゅうぎょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)終業しませんでした(しゅうぎょうしませんでした)
Te form終業して(しゅうぎょうして)
Potential終業できる(しゅうぎょうできる)
Passive終業される(しゅうぎょうされる)
Causative終業させる(しゅうぎょうさせる)
Causative passive終業させられる(しゅうぎょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)終業すれば(しゅうぎょうすれば)
tara終業したら(しゅうぎょうしたら)
Volitional終業しよう(しゅうぎょうしよう)
polite (mashou)終業しましょう(しゅうぎょうしましょう)
Imperative終業しろ(しゅうぎょうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym完了かんりょうNeutralFor work or procedures being fully completed, as in 「設定完了」; stresses thorough completion, while 「終業」 is about the day's work ending or a term ending.
  • Related完了かんりょうNeutralFor work or procedures being fully completed, as in 「設定完了」; stresses thorough completion, while 「終業」 is about the day's work ending or a term ending.
  • Related終えるおえるNeutralA native Japanese verb meaning to finish or bring something to an end; the most widely applicable of these words.
  • Related仕上げるしあげるNeutralA verb for finishing up a job or completing a work; stresses the final touches at the last stage.
  • Related了するりょうするWrittenA verb meaning to end or complete something, or to understand; written and archaic, so rarely used.
  • Related手仕舞いてじまいNeutralSettling or closing out trades and accounts; mainly a financial and trading term.
  • Antonym始業しぎょうNeutralThe antonym: starting work or the school term; contrasts with 「終業」, which is finishing work for the day.

Use 「終業」 for the end of the workday or school term, as in 「終業時間」「終業式」. For completing something use 「完了」 or 「終える」; for final touches use 「仕上げる」; the antonym is 「始業」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. その日ひの業務ぎょうむを終おえること。
  2. 一ひとつの学期がっきの授業じゅぎょうを終おえること。
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