N1 grammar · Lesson 15

「きらいがある」「始末しまつだ」「おしまいだ」: habits, ends

彼かれは何事なにごとも自分じぶん一人ひとりで抱かかえ込こむきらいがある。

「〜きらいがある」: a bad habit, put mildly; 「〜始末しまつだ」: a sorry end; 「〜たらおしまいだ」: then it’s all over; 「〜ずじまい」: never got round to it.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜きらいがある」: a bad habit of …, a tendency to …
  2. 02「〜始末しまつだ」: and now it has come to this
  3. 03「〜たらおしまいだ」 and 「〜ずじまい」: it’s all over; never got to …
  4. 04Compared with similar expressions
  5. 05Putting them together: dialogue and short text

Practice

  • Choose the meaning of each sentence
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read the passage and answer the questions

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