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てる

Ichidan verbverb (generic)intransitive verbauxiliary verb

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Meanings

  • to end, to be finished, to be exhausted
  • to die, to perish
  • to do utterly, to do completely

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Example sentences

ながたびがついにてた

The long journey finally came to an end.

砂漠さばくなかちからててたおれた探検家たんけんかがいた。

There was an explorer who collapsed utterly exhausted in the middle of the desert.

かれ野望やぼうはあっけなくてた

His ambitions came to an abrupt end.

戦乱せんらん数多かずおおくのいのちてていった

Countless lives perished in the age of war and turmoil.

古代こだい文明ぶんめいはその栄華えいがきわめ、やがてしずかに果てるはてるものだ。

Ancient civilizations reach the height of their glory and eventually fade away quietly.