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Grammar detail: verb て form + しまう

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JLPT:
verb て form + しまう - complete; accidentally do; end up doing
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verb て form
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しまう
has two related but slightly different meanings.
The first is to 'complete' or 'bring to a close' something, with an implication that some determination or effort was required. For example:
DETAILS
ほん
本
を
よ
読
んでしまいました。
I finished reading my book.
The second is to refer to a situation where something unfortunate or regrettable happened, often by accident. For example:
DETAILS
ほん
本
を
うしな
失
ってしまいました。
I lost my book.
DETAILS
かのじょ
彼女
は
か
買
い
もの
物
に
で
出
かけると、
けっきょく
結局
ふそうおう
不相応
な
か
買
い
もの
物
をしてしまう。
Whenever she goes shopping, she ends up buying more than she can afford.
In casual speech, てしまう is often contracted to ちゃう (so the past form てしまった becomes ちゃった), and でしまう to じゃう.
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Kanji used in this grammar

本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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1
失
シツ   うしなう to lose   
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3
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
1
買
バイ   かう to buy   
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物
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
1
結
ケツ   むすぶ    ゆわえる to bind   ゆう to braid   
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局
キョク    office   
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3
不
フ   ブ    not   
2
相
ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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3
応
オウ   おうじる to satisfy, reply, comply   こたえる to respond to   
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