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始終

しじゅう

from beginning to end, always

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Examples

  1. 始終笑顔だった。

    しじゅうえがおだった。

    She was smiling throughout.

  2. 彼は始終文句ばかり言っている。

    かれはしじゅうもんくばかりいっている。

    He is forever complaining about something.

  3. 目撃者は事件の一部始終を警察に話した。

    もくげきしゃはじけんのいちぶしじゅうをけいさつにはなした。

    The witness told the police the whole story of the incident.

Common patterns

一部始終
the whole story from start to finish
始終文句を言う
to complain constantly
始終付き添う
to stay beside someone the whole time

Memory tip

始 beginning + 終 end: the whole stretch. As an adverb it often carries mild irritation at a repeated habit, and as a noun it lives inside 一部始終, "every detail from first to last".

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