When to use 仕上げ and when to use 仕上がり?


From my dictionary, both of them are nouns and mean finish:

  * 仕上げ - Finish, finishing, finishing touches

  * 仕上がり- Finish, end, completion, result

What is the difference between them?




仕上げ is a noun corresponding to **transitive** _to finish_ and 仕上がり to
**intransitive** _to finish_.

  * 仕上げ means _someone's action of finishing/having finished something_
  * 仕上がり means _something's finished state_

* * *

Examples:

  * 仕上げの締め切りは明日だ _The deadline of finishing is tomorrow_

Here 仕上がり cannot be used.

  * 仕上げが素晴らしい _They have finished it beautifully_
  * 仕上がりが素晴らしい _The finish is beautiful_

The former sounds praising the finisher's job while the latter sounds praising
the end result of the finished object.

  * 仕上げが遅くなった
  * 仕上がりが遅くなった

Here both mean more or less the same _Finishing it took long(er than it
supposed to)_. Literally the former is _It took me long to finish it_ and the
latter _It took long for the object to be finished_.




仕上げ is a noun corresponding to **transitive** _to finish_ and 仕上がり to
**intransitive** _to finish_.

  * 仕上げ means _someone's action of finishing/having finished something_
  * 仕上がり means _something's finished state_

* * *

Examples:

  * 仕上げの締め切りは明日だ _The deadline of finishing is tomorrow_

Here 仕上がり cannot be used.

  * 仕上げが素晴らしい _They have finished it beautifully_
  * 仕上がりが素晴らしい _The finish is beautiful_

The former sounds praising the finisher's job while the latter sounds praising
the end result of the finished object.

  * 仕上げが遅くなった
  * 仕上がりが遅くなった

Here both mean more or less the same _Finishing it took long(er than it
supposed to)_. Literally the former is _It took me long to finish it_ and the
latter _It took long for the object to be finished_.

