終しゅう始し

noun

beginning and end

Refers to the start and finish of something as a pair. Often used in formal or written contexts.

• 物もの語がたりの終しゅう始しを簡かん単たんに説せつ明めいしてください。

  Please briefly explain the beginning and end of the story.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

doing something from start to finish; being consistent throughout

Used as a noun or with する to mean carrying out an action or maintaining a state from beginning to end without change.

• 彼かれは会かい議ぎの間あいだ、終しゅう始し笑え顔がおだった。

  He kept smiling throughout the meeting.

• プロジェクトを終しゅう始しリードした。

  She led the project from start to finish.

adverb

from beginning to end; throughout; consistently

Adverbial use meaning 'all the way through' or 'the whole time'. Common in both speech and writing.

• 試し合あいは終しゅう始し激はげしい攻こう防ぼうが続つづいた。

  The match was fiercely contested from beginning to end.

• 彼かの女じょは終しゅう始し冷れい静せいだった。

  She remained calm the whole time.