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Completion てしまうN41 rule

〜てしまう: finishing, and doing something regrettable

てしまう marks an action as complete, and very often as one the speaker regrets. The casual contraction ちゃう is the same thing.

Also known aste shimauchauてしまうregret japanese

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V-て しまいますてしまう — completion / regret
Completion てしまう

てしまいます marks finishing something completely, or an unintended, regrettable result.

電車に かばんを 忘れてしまいました

でんしゃに かばんを わすれてしまいました。

I (unfortunately) left my bag on the train.

Two nuances: doing something thoroughly/to completion (宿題を してしまいました = got the homework all done), or an unintended, regretted outcome. Casual contractions: 〜ちゃう / 〜じゃう.

In the textbooksMinna II, lesson 29