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て形+しまう (て仕舞う・て終う・て了う) ([てしまう] )(teshimau)
Meaning: wind up ____ing, end up ___ing, finish ____ing その動作・作用が完了して、もとへ戻らない意を表す。特に、取り返しがつかない意を表す。
Example: I wound up laughing.
JLPT Level: 3
Category: grammar
Author: sanskritip
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| | Verb(て) ＋ しまう。 |
(root1984) | It may be worth mentioning that sometimes
Vて しまいました is sometimes shortened to
Vちゃった. |
(agnestan) | | Literally, しまう means "to finish." Do not be surprised to find this word used only in this meaning sometimes, with no "undesired"-connotation. |
(blutorange) | | -てしまう - sometimes contracted to ちゃう |
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| | bamboo4 | The title should be "shimau" instead of "teshimau." "te" is a particle and does not form the root of "shimau." | | | ninja_k | Wouldn't this fall under the other category of しまう？「その映画を見て泣いてしまった」にはほかの翻訳あると思いますが。。。 Watching that movie, I cried (not that I wanted to, or expected to cry). Perhaps because this would be a case where there isn't regret?
| | | eastmael | I think 〜てしまう can imply two meanings:
1) completed
2) to my regret
I'm really not sure how one can distinguish which one a person is trying to imply.. I guess it's based on the context of what one is saying? | | | 誠 | I agree with eastmael. Here is some explanation from text :
〜てしまう
１．全部終わる
E.g. : 作文をかいてしまったら、公園に行きましょう
２．失敗する・残念だと思う
E.g.: 1.大切な結婚指輪を無くしてしまいました。
2.大好きな猫が既に死んでしまったんだ。
I think if something bad happened unwillingly, 〜しまう goes to the 2nd meaning.Otherwise, if it is something done without any special adverse effects or just a plain task or action, it goes to the 1st meaning. | | | tigert | I don`t know about everyone else, but I have never heard しまう used to mean "I finished Ving"
It always seems to have a negative meaning attached to it. | | | 赤毛 | Tigertさん, I added example #6786 caught from JPLT2 in this level 3 entry exactly for the note you wrote. | | | kaligal | I'd like to offer a more natural translation of the sentence beginning with 前から欲しかった本。。。
I got a book I had craved for a long time, so I immediately began reading, and read all night long until I finally finished it. | | |
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