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Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「済ます」
| Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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| Stem forms
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Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
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済ます
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すます
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| Imperative (命令形)
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済ませ
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すませ
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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済まされる
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すまされる
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| Causative
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済まさせる
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すまさせる
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| Potential
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済ませる
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すませる
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| Volitional
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済まそう
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すまそー
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| Negative
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済まさない
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すまさない
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| Negative perfective
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済まさなかった
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すまさなかった
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| Formal
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済まします
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すまします
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| Perfective
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済ました
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すました
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| Conjunctive
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済まして
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すまして
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| Hypothetical conditional
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済ませば
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すませば
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Verb
すます • (sumasu) transitive godan (stem すまし (sumashi), past すました (sumashita))
- to finish, to end, to settle
- to repay
- to make do with
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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すまさ
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sumasa
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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すまし
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sumashi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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すます
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sumasu
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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すます
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sumasu
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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すませ
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sumase
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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すませ
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sumase
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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すまされる
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sumasareru
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| Causative
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すまさせる
すまさす
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sumasaseru
sumasasu
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| Potential
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すませる
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sumaseru
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| Volitional
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すまそう
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sumasō
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| Negative
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すまさない
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sumasanai
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| Negative continuative
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すまさず
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sumasazu
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| Formal
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すまします
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sumashimasu
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| Perfective
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すました
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sumashita
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| Conjunctive
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すまして
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sumashite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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すませば
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sumaseba
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See also
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of すます – see the following entry.
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| (This term, すます (sumasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN