仕舞い – vocab dash

仕じ舞まい

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Meanings

Suffix

1. ending; quitting; closing (Usually kana, after a noun)

2. ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to (Usually kana, after the 〜ず negative form of a verb; indicates disappointment)

Other spellings

仕じ舞まい終じまい了じまいじまい

Kanji used

仕serve 舞traditional dance

Kanji in other spellings

終end 了finish

Pitch accent

じまい

Examples2

彼かれの名な前まえは分わからずじまいだったな。

I never knew his name.

日本にっぽんにいる間あいだに北ほっ海かい道どうに行いきたかったが、結けっ局きょくできずじまいで帰かえってしまった。

Whilst I was in Japan, I wanted to visit Hokkaido; but after all, I wasn't able to, and had to go home.