How to use てしまう

Verb てしまう is a commonly used phrase, but many Japanese learners seem to struggle grasping the usage of it. Many of them have been taught that it is used to express regret, but the problem is that’s merely one function that this phrase has. In this video, I’m going to explain with many examples how this phrase is exactly used. 00:00 Intro 00:28 Get things done! 05:36 Colloquial version ちゃう/じゃう 07:26 Finish something, so it doesn’t bother you 08:44 Something bad will happen 10:10 Something bad happened 11:10 You did something bad and you are sorry 12:43 Dialogue 1 13:12 Dialogue 2 Support the channel at: