To finish/complete A
- To finish/complete A
- A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
- 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.
Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
食べてしまう (finish eating)
Basic Examples:
終わっちゃう (to finish)
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
Where this grammar is found
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shirokitsune
Level: 1023
(4 years ago)
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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A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
- To finish/complete A
- A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
- To put away A
夜更かしをしたから寝坊してしまった。
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
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
失ってしまう (to have lost (regretfully))
Basic Examples:
食べちゃう (to have eaten (regretfully))
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)
Where this grammar is found
To put away A
- To finish/complete A
- A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
- To put away A
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財布をしまっておきなさい。
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.
Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
本をしまう (put a book away)
Where this grammar is found
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