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 words

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

Related Words

Related: 仕上(しあ)がる (to be finished, to turn out)

Related: 仕上(しあ)がり (the finished result, how something…)

Compare: 締(し)めくくり (conclusion)

Compare: 最終段階(さいしゅうだんかい) (final stage)

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Added 2026.2.17 11:49 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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