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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of お (o-, honorific prefix) + しまい (shimai, “ending, finishing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb しまう shimau, “to finish, to end”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
おしまい • (oshimai)
- (colloquial) the end of something
- おしまい
- oshimai
- The End (displayed at the end of a movie)
- (colloquial, figurative) the end of something in a particularly negative way
- 笑ったらおしまいだよ。
- Warattara oshimai da yo.
- If you laugh, we're done for / it's all over / we're screwed.
- (business) the closing of accounts at the end of a fiscal year, and preparations for the next fiscal year
- (women's language) preparations for going out, getting made up
- (historical) in the Shinagawa red-light district of the Edo period, a reservation for a prostitute (from the way that arrangements and scheduling would be finalized)
Usage notes
Most often spelled in hiragana.
Used in the verbal phrases おしまいにする (oshimai ni suru, “to bring something to a close, to finish or end something”, transitive), おしまいになる (oshimai ni naru, “to come to a close, to finish or end”, intransitive).
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