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済む

すむ

Readings

すむ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5m, vito finish; to end; to be completed; to be resolved
  2. 2.
    v5m, vito have a result less severe than expected
  3. 3.
    v5m, vito feel at ease
  4. 4.
    v5m, vito feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

Kanji breakdown

N411 strokesGrade 6

Example sentences

10時ちょっと前に仕事が済んだ。

We got through the work just before ten.

しかし彼に大きなけがはなく、軽い打撲傷で済んだ。

However he wasn't seriously hurt and got away with light bruising.

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済むすむ

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

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