終わい

Japanese
Kanji in this term
終
お
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Equivalent to standard Japanese 終 (お)わり (owari).

Noun

終わい (hiragana おわい, rōmaji owai)

  1. (Kagoshima, dialectal) end
    • 1984 November 15, Murakami, Motoka, “鹿カ児ゴ島ンマの猛も者さたちの巻まき [The He-Men of Kagoshima]”, in 六ム三サ四シの剣けん [Musashi’s Sword], volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 12–13:
      オレはこの九 (きゅう)州 (しゅう)へ武 (む)者 (しゃ)修 (しゅ)行 (ぎょう)さきた！逃 (に)げもかくれもしねえ！何 (なん)千 (ぜん)人 (にん)だって相 (あい)手 (て)になってやるぞ！
      Ore wa kono Kyūshū e musha shugyō sa kita! Nige mo kakure mo shinē! Nanzennin datte aite ni natte yaru zo!
      I’ve come to Kyūshū on my journey to perfect my martial arts! I will not run away or hide! I’m ready to face all of you!
      よういうた‼じゃっどん、ワイの武 (む)者 (しゃ)修 (しゅ)行 (ぎょう)はこん鹿 (カ)児 (ゴ)島 (ンマ)だけで終 (お)わいじゃっ‼
      Yō iu ta‼ Jaddon, wai no musha shugyō wa kon Kagonma dake de owai ja'‼
      Oh yeah⁉ Yer journey ends in Kagoshima, here and now‼
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