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:

  matrix interpretations:
  
    carrier: N^2
    order: standard order
    interpretations:
      f#_A(x1,x2) = ((1,1),(1,0)) x1
      f_A(x1,x2) = ((1,1),(1,1)) x1 + ((1,0),(1,0)) x2
      a_A() = (0,1)

The next rules are strictly ordered:

  p1

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