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しまうしまう

finish; close

Verbe · Assistant · Group 1 verb

諦めあきらめてしまえ。

Forget it.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: \N · French : qdii

Parts of speech

Group 1 verb (godan) · Transitive · Auxiliary verb

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 1 (godan)

Verb usage: freight forwarder

Other written forms: 仕舞う

English dictionary meanings

to finish
to stop
to end
to put an end to
to bring to a close
to close (a business, etc.)
to close down
to shut down
to shut up
to put away
to put back
to keep
to store
to do completely
to do accidentally
to do without meaning to
to happen to do
to end up ...

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