Word Meaning 仕舞い

じまい jimai

仕舞い is read as じまい (jimai) and means ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to.

Meaning

English

ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
ending
quitting
closing

Reading

Kana

じまい

Romaji

jimai

Writing Variants

仕舞じまい jimai
終いじまい jimai
了いじまい jimai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 125902 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

仕舞う

しまう

to do completely

仕舞物

しまいもの

goods left unsold

仕舞た

しもた

darn it!

仕舞うた

しもうた

darn it!

仕舞った

しまった

darn it!

仕舞うた屋

しもうたや

store that has been gone out of business

お仕舞い

おしまい

that's it

手仕舞い

てじまい

clearing of accounts

早仕舞い

はやじまい

early closing

どん仕舞い

どんじまい

tail end

雨仕舞い

あまじまい

waterproofing (of a building)

仕舞風呂

しまいぶろ

bath taken after everyone else (in the family)

Example Sentences

話はこれでお仕舞いです。

This is the end of the talk.

客がいなかったので店を早仕舞いにした。

There were no customers, so we closed the shop earlier.