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始末

しまつ

Readings

しまつ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    n, vs, vtmanagement; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal
  2. 2.
    ncourse of events; circumstances; particulars
  3. 3.
    nend result (usu. bad); outcome
  4. 4.
    n, vs, adj-na, vteconomizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty

Kanji breakdown

N38 strokesGrade 3
N45 strokesGrade 4

Example sentences

彼は午後いっぱい使って昨年のほうれん草の根を始末した。

He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.

世界からは【麻疹輸出国】と嫌味とも本音ともとれることをいわれている始末。

Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.

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始末しまつ

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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