仕上(しあ)げ

しあげ
noun
finishing, final touches, completion
1. finishing, final touches, completion
The final stage of work or the quality of how something is completed. Refers to both the act of finishing and the result.
仕上(しあ)げは丁寧(ていねい)にする。
Do the finishing carefully.
ケーキの仕上(しあ)げにチョコレートをかけた。
I drizzled chocolate on the cake as a finishing touch.
この家具(かぐ)は仕上(しあ)げが美(うつく)しく、職人(しょくにん)の技(わざ)が感(かん)じられる。
The finish on this furniture is beautiful, and you can feel the craftsman's skill.

仕上(しあ)げ is the noun form of 仕上(しあ)げる (to finish, to complete). It means both the act of finishing and the quality of the finished result.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 仕上(しあ)げに入(はい)る: to enter the finishing stage
  • 仕上(しあ)げが綺麗(きれい): nicely finished
  • 最後(さいご)の仕上(しあ)げ: the final touches
  • 仕上(しあ)げの段階(だんかい): the finishing stage
  • 仕上(しあ)げに〜する: to do ~ as a finishing touch

DOMAINS:
Used across many fields — cooking (仕上(しあ)げにパセリをかける), crafts, woodworking, painting, writing, and any work process with a final polishing stage.

RELATED:

  • 仕上(しあ)げる: to finish, to complete (verb)
  • 仕上(しあ)がる: to be finished, to turn out (intransitive)
  • 仕上(しあ)がり: the finished result, how something turned out
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Added 2026.2.17 11:49 · Revised 2026.3.29 16:30
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