てしまう
To finish/complete A
- To finish/complete A
- To finish A, A is finished, A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
- To put away A
5点
「宿題をやってしまうまではテレビを見ては行けません。」
Don't watch TV until you finish your homework.
7点
「作文は書いてしまいましたか。」
Have you finished writing your composition?
2点
「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.
4点
「もう宿題を済ませてしまったのですか。」
Have you finished your homework already?
0点
「レポートを終わらせてしまった方が良いよ。」
It'd be a good idea to finish up the report.
0点
「7時時までに掃除してしまおう。」
Let's finish the cleaning by seven.
Sort by:
Loading user sentences...
Construction
| AVerb: て-form | + | しまう |
Examples:
食べてしまう (finish eating)
| AVerb: て-form | - て | + | ちゃう |
Examples:
終わっちゃう (to finish)
| AVerb: て-form | - で | + | じゃう |
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.
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.
Examples
しんで > しんじゃう (to die)
のんで > のんじゃう (to drink)
Related Expressions
Usages notes (by users)
To finish A, A is finished, A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
- To finish/complete A
- To finish A, A is finished, A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
- To put away A
-1点
「久し振りだと重ってきたのに、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.
7点
「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!'
4点
「アッ、バスが行ってしまう。」
There goes our bus.
6点
「二日後に食べ物が無くなってしまった。」
After two days our food ran out.
5点
「緊張のあまり、頭が真っ青になってしまった。」
I was so nervous that my face turned pale.
5点
「ねぇ、この魚の名前は何だったっけ？忘れてしまったよ。」
Oi, what's this fish called again? I seem to have forgotten it.
6点
「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.
4点
「ＵＦＯはすぐに見えなくなってしまった。」
We lost sight of UFO right away.
0点
「すっかり日が落ちてしまったね。」
The sun has set completely.
Sort by:
Loading user sentences...
Construction
| AVerb: て-form | + | しまう |
Examples:
失ってしまう (to have lost (regretfully))
| AVerb: て-form | - て | + | ちゃう |
Examples:
食べちゃう (to have eaten (regretfully))
| AVerb: て-form | - で | + | じゃう |
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.
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.
Examples
しんで > しんじゃう (to die)
のんで > のんじゃう (to drink)
Usages notes (by users)
To put away A
- To finish/complete A
- To finish A, A is finished, A occurs (shows embarrassment / regret / disappointment over the action A)
- To put away A
4点
「財布をしまっておきなさい。」
Put away your wallet.
3点
「だから私はその本をしまった。」
So I put the book away.
1点
「あの本、どこに閉まっただろうだろう」
Where did I put that book?
1点
「かごにリモコンを緊まって置いてね。」
Go ahead and put the remote into the basket, ok?
1点
「靴は靴箱にしまいましょう。」
Let's put the shoes in the shoebox.
Sort by:
Loading user sentences...
Construction
| ANoun | + | を | + | しまう |
Examples:
本をしまう (put a book away)
Usages notes (by users)
Discussion about this grammar
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.
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.
Quote
Years studied : Too many (not enough!)
Studying : 適当に
Site admin
元気 : 35,220, 好 : 2,241
Studying : 適当に
ポスト : 7,131, はんこ : 38
Quote
Years studied : Too many (not enough!)
Studying : 適当に
Site admin
元気 : 35,220, 好 : 2,241
Studying : 適当に
ポスト : 7,131, はんこ : 38
Quote
Years studied : Too many (not enough!)
Studying : 適当に
Site admin
元気 : 35,220, 好 : 2,241
Studying : 適当に
ポスト : 7,131, はんこ : 38
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 
Quote
Years studied : Too many (not enough!)
Studying : 適当に
Site admin
元気 : 35,220, 好 : 2,241
Studying : 適当に
ポスト : 7,131, はんこ : 38
Quote
Years studied : Too many (not enough!)
Studying : 適当に
Site admin
元気 : 35,220, 好 : 2,241
Studying : 適当に
ポスト : 7,131, はんこ : 38
Quote
Years studied : Too many (not enough!)
Studying : 適当に
Site admin
元気 : 35,220, 好 : 2,241
Studying : 適当に
ポスト : 7,131, はんこ : 38
Quote
Years studied : Too many (not enough!)
Studying : 適当に
Site admin
元気 : 35,220, 好 : 2,241
Studying : 適当に
ポスト : 7,131, はんこ : 38
I actually just wiped the kanji out altogether
Quote
Suggest a related meaning
Please use the below search to find other grammar elements that are related to this meaning.
One suggestion = 2 genki points.
One suggestion = 2 genki points.
Suggest politeness levels
What politeness/usage markers apply to this grammar usage?
One suggestion = 2 genki points.
One suggestion = 2 genki points.