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済む
Readings

sumu
English
Godan verb with 'mu' ending
Intransitive verb
to finish, to end, to be completed

Godan verb with 'mu' ending
Intransitive verb
to merely result in something less severe than expected

Godan verb with 'mu' ending
Intransitive verb
to feel at ease

Godan verb with 'mu' ending
Intransitive verb
in the negative
to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone, to be sorry

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 済む, 済みます
[does], will [do]
済まない, 済みません
doesn't [do], will not [do]
Past 済んだ, 済みました
[did]
済まなかった, 済みませんでした
didn't [do]
Te-form, Continuative 済んで, 済みまして 済まないで, 済みませんで 済まなくて
Kanjis
ON: サイ, セイ KUN: す.む, -ず.み, -ずみ, す.まない, す.ます, -す.ます, すく.う, な.す, わたし, わた.る
settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish, come to an end, excusable, need not

Stroke: 11 Grade: 6 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 1-3-8 FC: 3012.2


Phrases
10時ちょっと前に仕事が済んだ。
Parts: (じ) 一寸 (ちょっと) (まえ) 仕事 (しごと) 済む (すむ)
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。
Parts: 然し (しかし) (かれ) 大きな (おおきな) 怪我 (けが) 無い (なく) 軽い (かるい) 打撲傷 (だぼくしょう) 済む (すむ)
However he wasn't seriously hurt and got away with light bruising.