- 1. [v5u, vt] to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close (uk)
- 2. [v5u, vt] to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up (uk)
- 3. [v5u, vt] to put away; to put back; to keep; to store (uk)
- 4. [aux-v, v5u] to do completely; to finish — after the -te form of a verb (uk)
- 5. [aux-v, v5u] to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do; to end up ... — after the -te form of a verb (uk)
Conjugation — Verb (godan-u)
| Dictionary form | しまう | (shimau) |
| Polite | しまいます | (shimaimasu) |
| Past, plain | しまった | (shimatta) |
| Past, polite | しまいました | (shimaimashita) |
| Negative, plain | しまわない | (shimawanai) |
| Negative, polite | しまいません | (shimaimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | しまわなかった | (shimawanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しまいませんでした | (shimaimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | しまって | (shimatte) |
| Potential | しまえる | (shimaeru) |
| Volitional | しまおう | (shimaou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | しまえば | (shimaeba) |
| Passive | しまわれる | (shimawareru) |
| Causative | しまわせる | (shimawaseru) |
| Imperative | しまえ | (shimae) |
Kanji in this word
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仕
attend, doing, official, serveOn: シ (shi)、 ジ (ji)Kun: つか.える (tsuka.eru)
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舞
dance, flit, circle, wheelOn: ブ (bu)Kun: ま.う (ma.u)、 -ま.う (-ma.u)、 まい (mai)
Example Sentences
買い物を済ませてしまったら電話します。
I will call you when I have done my shopping.
本とノートをしまいなさい。
Put away your books and notebooks.
やってしまったことは元に戻らない。
What is done cannot be undone.
彼女は短絡的な思考で、表面的な情報だけで判断してしまう。
She ends up making decisions based on superficial information because of her simplistic thinking.