YES

We show the termination of the TRS R:

  f(f(a(),f(x,a())),a()) -> f(a(),f(f(x,a()),a()))

-- SCC decomposition.

Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of

p1: f#(f(a(),f(x,a())),a()) -> f#(a(),f(f(x,a()),a()))
p2: f#(f(a(),f(x,a())),a()) -> f#(f(x,a()),a())

and R consists of:

r1: f(f(a(),f(x,a())),a()) -> f(a(),f(f(x,a()),a()))

The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs:

  {p2}


-- Reduction pair.

Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of

p1: f#(f(a(),f(x,a())),a()) -> f#(f(x,a()),a())

and R consists of:

r1: f(f(a(),f(x,a())),a()) -> f(a(),f(f(x,a()),a()))

The set of usable rules consists of

  r1

Take the reduction pair:

  weighted path order
  
    base order:
  
      matrix interpretations:
      
        carrier: N^2
        order: standard order
        interpretations:
          f#_A(x1,x2) = ((1,0),(1,0)) x1 + (1,4)
          f_A(x1,x2) = ((1,0),(1,0)) x1 + ((0,1),(0,0)) x2 + (1,1)
          a_A() = (7,4)
  
    precedence:
    
      a > f# = f
    
    partial status:
  
      pi(f#) = []
      pi(f) = []
      pi(a) = []

The next rules are strictly ordered:

  p1

We remove them from the problem.  Then no dependency pair remains.