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To finish/complete A
  1. To finish/complete A
  2. A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
  3. To put away A
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宿 題 を やってしまう まで は テ レ ビ を 見 て は いけません 。 
Don't watch TV until you finish your homework.
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作 文 は 書 い て し ま い ま し た か 。 
Have you finished writing your composition?
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今 週 まで に は それ を 終 え て し ま い た か っ た の だ が 。 
I hoped to have finished it by this week.
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も う 宿 題 を 済 ま せ て し ま っ た の で す か 。 
Have you finished your homework already?
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レ ポ ー ト を 終 わ ら せ て し ま っ た 方 が い い よ 。 
It'd be a good idea to finish up the report.
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7 時 まで に 掃 除 し て し ま お う 。 
Let's finish the cleaning by seven.

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AVerb: て-form
しまう
Basic Examples:
食べてしまう (finish eating)

AVerb: て-form
-て
ちゃう
Basic Examples:
終わっちゃう (to finish)

AVerb: て-form
-で
じゃう
Basic Examples:
読んじゃう (to finish reading)

Usage

The ちゃう and じゃう suffixes are casual contractions of てしまう and でしまう, respesctively.

If the て-form of the verb ends in て, it will contract to ちゃう.

Basic Examples
たべて > たべちゃう (to eat)
まけて > まけちゃう (to lose)

If the て-form of the verb ends in で, it will contract to じゃう.

Basic Examples
しんで > しんじゃう (to die)
のんで > のんじゃう (to drink)
Related Expressions
おわる
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Grammar usage notes

One slang variant is to change し to ち。Here are two examples from one of the Goosebumps books. 「放り出しちまえばいいんだよ。」「すてちまえよ。」In both examples しまう has been replaced with ちまう.
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shirokitsune
Level: 1330

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A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
  1. To finish/complete A
  2. A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
  3. To put away A
夜よ更ふか し を した か ら 寝ね坊ぼうし て し ま っ た 。 
I overslept because I stayed up late.
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久 し ぶ り だ と 思 っ て き た の に 、 30 秒 で 終 わ っ て しまった 。 
I thought it had been a while, and yet it was over in 30 seconds.
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我 慢 で き ず 、 「 ばかやろう 」 と 叫 ん で し ま っ た 。 
I couldn't hold it and screamed 'You idiot!'
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ア ッ 、 バ ス が 行 っ て し ま う 。 
There goes our bus.
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２日 後 に 食 べ 物 が 無 く な っ て し ま っ た 。 
After two days our food ran out.
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緊 張 の あまり 、 頭 が 真 っ 白 に なってしまった 。 
I was so nervous that my mind went blank.
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ね ぇ 、 この 魚 の 名 前 は 何 だ っ た っ け ？ 忘 れ て し ま っ た よ 。 
Hey, what's this fish called again? I seem to have forgotten it.
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今朝 会 社 に 行 く 時 に 、 車 が 止 ま っ て しまいました 。 
This morning when I went to the company, my car stopped.
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ＵＦＯ は すぐに 見 え な く なってしまった 。 
We lost sight of UFO right away.
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す っ か り 日 が 落 ち て し ま っ た ね 。 
The sun has set completely.

Getting the sentences
Construction
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AVerb: て-form
しまう
Basic Examples:
失ってしまう (to have lost (regretfully))

AVerb: て-form
-て
ちゃう
Basic Examples:
食べちゃう (to have eaten (regretfully))

AVerb: て-form
-で
じゃう
Basic Examples:
死んじゃう (to have died (sadly))

Usage

The ちゃう and じゃう suffixes are casual contractions of てしまう and でしまう, respesctively.

If the て-form of the verb ends in て, it will contract to ちゃう.

Basic Examples
たべて > たべちゃう (to eat)
まけて > まけちゃう (to lose)

If the て-form of the verb ends in で, it will contract to じゃう.

Basic Examples
しんで > しんじゃう (to die)
のんで > のんじゃう (to drink)
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Grammar usage notes

can also be translated as "end up...": e.g. 太ってしまう (I) end up gaining weight

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moiraine
Level: 84

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To put away A
  1. To finish/complete A
  2. A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
  3. To put away A
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財 布 を しまって 置 き な さ い 。 
Put away your wallet.
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だ か ら 私 は その 本 を しまった 。 
So I put the book away.
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あの 本 、 どこ に しまった ん だ ろ う ？ 
Where did I put that book?
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かご に リ モ コ ン を しまっておいて ね 。 
Go ahead and put the remote into the basket, ok?
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靴 は 靴 箱 に しまいましょう 。 
Let's put the shoes in the shoebox.

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Construction
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ANoun
を
しまう
Basic Examples:
本をしまう (put a book away)

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looh
Level: 19
Colloquially, ~てしまう is contracted to ~ちゃう、and ~でしまう is contracted to ~じゃう. Both contractions conjugate like 五段 verbs. Example:

ごめん、宿題を忘れちゃった。Sorry, I accidentally forgot my homework.
家族の猫が昨日に死んじゃった。 Our cat died yesterday.
勉強した方がいい、私は日本語を話し方か忘れちゃうんで。It would be better if I studied, because I will forget how to speak Japanese.

Regardless of the correctness in my sentences, you can probably get the idea. :P
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マイコー
Level: 292
Thanks! I didn't have a chance to add the sentences, so please enter those in yourself as your own sentences.
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暖
Level: 1
~ちゃいます・~ちゃいました is also possible, as a contraction of ~てしまいます・~てしまいました。
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暖
Level: 1
Something screwy with the comment system, tried to edit it and my comment disappeared, but reappeared on page refresh.

Anyways, I meant to mention that the ~ちゃいます・ちゃいました form is rarely heard, as if you're being formal enough to use ます・ました, you're probably going to un-contract them, but it is still valid.
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aileen
Level: 1
If you use noun + を + しまう, it means to finish using something and put it away:

もう着物をしまったよ。I already put the kimono away.
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マイコー
Level: 292
Alright, added!
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srm924
Level: 1
You can also use ~仕舞う with the meaning that a store or business closes for good.

for example:

不景気で売り上げは例年に比べって７５パーセント減ったので、店を仕舞うの仕方がない。
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マイコー
Level: 292
This would be a good usage note for the second meaning on the page - why don't you add that in there so you get credit for it :)
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dragn270
Level: 1
The second meaning first construction example just says ｢終わる｣ instead of 「終わっちゃう」.
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マイコー
Level: 292
Fixed it, thanks!
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テリフン
Level: 1
How would one tell the differences between having finished something, and having finished something regretfully? ごはんを食べちゃった。(I regret eating the rice) 本を読んじゃう　(I read the book) Would it be based on the context?
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マイコー
Level: 292
Yea, definitely the context.
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benjiz
Level: 6
It sould be 「て仕舞う」 With forced kanji it shows 「て仕舞」
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マイコー
Level: 292
Where specifically is it showing that?
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benjiz
Level: 6
The title. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ysc17j7SE3Y/UvBAiMcDy5I/AAAAAAAAAFU/bUJUhnFnqXg/w645-h543-no/screen.tiff
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マイコー
Level: 292
I actually just wiped the kanji out altogether :)
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Mathu
Level: 1
need more explanation....... :)
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マイコー
Level: 292
Which meaning are you having problems understanding?
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やれやれ
Level: 241

I am struck by the examples in which 終わる or 終える appear, combined with しまう, given that the meaning of all the verbs is "to finish, to finish doing". Isn't that too reiterative?

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マイコー
Level: 292

Are you referring to the second meaning? In that one, the emphasis is not on it being completed, but that it ended, and it ending is not desired. For example, you could say something like "旅行が終わってしまった！", which says "The trip has ended" and carries the connotation of "and that stinks".

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やれやれ
Level: 241

No, I understand the second meaning well. In it, as you say, しまう adds a nuance beyond its basic meaning. But in examples of the first meaning, as…

今週までにはそれを終えてしまいたかったのだが。

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レポートを終わらせてしまった方が良いよ。

I get a bit of a feeling that しまう is really unnecessary. If しまう isn't going to add any special nuance to the sentence, and is only used for its meaning of "to finish, end something", combining it with 終わる or 終える doesn't seem necessary. It sounds like saying "finish and be done" or something like that (¿?)

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Anonymous123
Level: 1413
やれやれ は 10月 20日, 3:04に

レポートを終わらせてしまった方が良いよ。

I get a bit of a feeling that しまう is really unnecessary. If しまう isn't going to add any special nuance to the sentence, and is only used for its meaning of "to finish, end something", combining it with 終わる or 終える doesn't seem necessary. It sounds like saying "finish and be done" or something like that (¿?)

と言いました。

My understanding (more knowledgeable people please correct me if I'm wrong) is the しまう just adds the nuance of completeness in those so:

レポートを終わらせてしまった方が良いよ

It would be better if the report was completely finished.

If you drop the しまう it would just be:

It would be better if the report was finished.

So, it adds that same nuance that we occasionally use in English between:

- "done" and "completely done,"

- "done" and "done and over with"

So, they are very close in meaning.

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マイコー
Level: 292

I've been digging into this as well. My favorite Japanese grammar textbook gives 完成してしまった as an example in the completed category, so it does seem to be useable with verbs that also contain "finish" or "complete" as part of their meaning.

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やれやれ
Level: 241

I see. Ok, got it. Thanks for the help :)

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