みせじまい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
店仕舞い
店じまい

Etymology

From (みせ) (mise) + 仕舞(しま) (shimai). The shimai changes to jimai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せじまい [mìséjíꜜmàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲise̞ʑima̠i]

Noun

みせじまい • (misejimaiみせじまひ (misezimafi)?

  1. closing up shop for the day

Verb

みせじまいする • (misejimai suruみせじまひ (misezimafi)?suru (stem みせじまい (misejimai shi), past みせじまいした (misejimai shita))

  1. to close up shop for the day

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN