しまい

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
仕舞い
仕舞
終い
終
了い
了

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb しまう (“to finish, to end”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

しまい • (shimai) 

  1. the finish, end, or conclusion of something

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しまい – see the following entries.
【姉妹】
sisters
(attributive, business) the status of being a sister
【仕舞】
(noh) a performance of noh dancing
(noh) an informal noh performance without accompanying music or costumes
Alternative form of しまい (“the end, finish”)
【島井】
a surname
(This term, しまい (shimai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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