終始
N1しゅうし shuushi
- beginning and end
- from beginning to end
- doing a thing from beginning to end
nounする verb
Chinese meanings
始终;自始至终
Examples
- 前の会社では何でも屋に終始したので今度は専門職に就きたい。I wore several hats at my last office so I'd like to specialize this time.在前公司一直是个什么都做的人,这次想找专业工作。
- 私服警官が終始大統領の身辺を固めていた。The private detectives accompanied the President everywhere.便衣警察始终守护在总统身边。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a7b0152ffc'); // 終始
{
"id": "a7b0152ffc",
"word": "終始",
"reading": "しゅうし",
"romaji": "shuushi",
"meanings": [
"beginning and end",
"from beginning to end",
"doing a thing from beginning to end"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs"
],
"jmdict_id": 1332820,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "前の会社では何でも屋に終始したので今度は専門職に就きたい。",
"en": "I wore several hats at my last office so I'd like to specialize this time.",
"tatoeba_id": 140985
},
{
"ja": "私服警官が終始大統領の身辺を固めていた。",
"furigana": "{私服警官|しふくけいかん}が{終始|しゅうし}{大統領|だいとうりょう}の{身辺|しんぺん}を{固|かた}めていた。",
"en": "The private detectives accompanied the President everywhere.",
"tatoeba_id": 151223
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "0c35f5d8c1349ec72cef654647f7ad57d41583cb564bc642c58352f8b9b51c6a",
"meanings": [
"始终",
"自始至终"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "前の会社では何でも屋に終始したので今度は専門職に就きたい。",
"zh": "在前公司一直是个什么都做的人,这次想找专业工作。"
},
{
"ja": "私服警官が終始大統領の身辺を固めていた。",
"zh": "便衣警察始终守护在总统身边。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/a7b0152ffc",
"JMdict ent_seq 1332820; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "72db2a76f888120ede75fab071535dc5f20fe9061f0fbcb52e5396d944db14eb",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}