済む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
済
す
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
濟む (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「済む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		済む すむ
Imperative (命令形) 済め すめ
Key constructions
Passive 済まれる すまれる
Causative 済ませる すませる
Potential - - -
Volitional 済もう すもー
Negative 済まない すまない
Negative perfective 済まなかった すまなかった
Formal 済みます すみます
Perfective 済んだ すんだ
Conjunctive 済んで すんで
Hypothetical conditional 済めば すめば

Verb

済(す)む • (sumu) intransitive godan (stem 済(す)み (sumi), past 済(す)んだ (sunda))

  1. finish, be complete
  2. do with, manage with
  3. get off, incur minor consequences, settle
    • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎:
      たしか罰(ばっ)金(きん)を出(だ)して済(す)んだようである。
      Tashika bakkin o dashite sunda yō de aru.
      I believe the affair was settled on our paying for the damage.
  4. (in negative) be sorry

Conjugation

Conjugation of "済む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 済ま すま suma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 済み すみ sumi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 済む すむ sumu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 済む すむ sumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 済め すめ sume
Meireikei ("imperative") 済め すめ sume
Key constructions
Passive 済まれる すまれる sumareru
Causative 済ませる
済ます 		すませる
すます 		sumaseru
sumasu
Potential 済める すめる sumeru
Volitional 済もう すもう sumō
Negative 済まない すまない sumanai
Negative continuative 済まず すまず sumazu
Formal 済みます すみます sumimasu
Perfective 済んだ すんだ sunda
Conjunctive 済んで すんで sunde
Hypothetical conditional 済めば すめば sumeba

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