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仕舞う

しまう

to put away; to store; to close up (a shop); to finish; (after -te) to do completely, to end up doing

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Examples

  1. 本とノートを仕舞いなさい。

    ほんとノートをしまいなさい。

    Put away your books and notebooks.

  2. 大事な書類は引き出しに仕舞ってあります。

    だいじなしょるいはひきだしにしまってあります。

    The important documents are kept in the drawer.

  3. 父の代で店を仕舞うことになった。

    ちちのだいでみせをしまうことになった。

    It was decided that the shop would close for good in my father's generation.

Common patterns

引き出しに仕舞う
to put away in a drawer
店を仕舞う
to close up shop
〜てしまう
to end up doing; to finish doing

Memory tip

Nearly always kana. Two things to keep apart: the full verb 'put away/close up', and the auxiliary 〜てしまう (colloquially 〜ちゃう) that marks completion or regret. Only the full verb takes an object with を.

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