N31630/1669

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbauxiliary verb

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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 finish
  • to do accidentally, to do without meaning to, to happen to do, to end up ...

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Example sentences

財布さいふをどこにしまったわすれてしまった。

I forgot where I put my wallet away.

みせはもうめてしまいましたか。

Have you already closed the shop?

大事だいじ書類しょるいしにしまっておいてください。

Please put the important documents away in the drawer.

全部ぜんぶべてしまわないで、すこのこしてね。

Don't eat everything up; please leave a little.

長年ながねんつづけてきた事業じぎょうをついにしまう決断けつだんをした。

I finally made the decision to close down the business I had been running for many years.