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ちゃう (Chau) is a Japanese auxiliary verb meaning “to do completely, to do accidentally, to do without meaning to, to happen to do”.

Meanings

  1. auxiliary verb, godan verbto do completelycontraction of ..て or で plus しまう
  2. auxiliary verb, godan verbto do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

Examples

  • The container may be the best in Japan, but if the contents are third class, then isn't it completely meaningless?

  • I will be a repeater!

  • I'm bored.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).