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There are 11 total results for your 済む search in the dictionary.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

済む

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 sumu
    すむ
(v5m,vi) (1) to finish; to end; to be completed; (2) to merely result in something less severe than expected; (3) to feel at ease; (4) to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

相済む

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 aisumu
    あいすむ
(v5m,vi) (1) (formal version of 済む) to finish; to end; to be completed; (v5m,vi) (2) (oft. as 相済みません, as an apology) (See 相済まない) to fulfill one's obligations

気が済む

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 kigasumu
    きがすむ
(exp,v5m) to be satisfied; to feel good

ただで済む

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 tadadesumu
    ただですむ
(exp,v5m) to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free

行かずに済む

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 ikazunisumu
    いかずにすむ
(exp,v5m) to need not go

Variations:
気が済む
気がすむ

 kigasumu
    きがすむ
(exp,v5m) to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good

Variations:
ただで済む
タダで済む

 tadadesumu(tadade済mu); tadadesumu(tadade済mu)
    ただですむ(ただで済む); タダですむ(タダで済む)
(exp,v5m) (See 只・ただ・3) to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free

Variations:
済む
濟む(oK)

 sumu
    すむ
(v5m,vi) (1) to finish; to end; to be completed; (v5m,vi) (2) to merely result in something less severe than expected; (v5m,vi) (3) to feel at ease; (v5m,vi) (4) (in the negative) to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

Variations:
済む
濟む(sK)

 sumu
    すむ
(v5m,vi) (1) to finish; to end; to be completed; to be resolved; (v5m,vi) (2) to have a result less severe than expected; (v5m,vi) (3) to feel at ease; (v5m,vi) (4) (in the negative) to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

ごめんで済むなら警察はいらない

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 gomendesumunarakeisatsuhairanai / gomendesumunarakesatsuhairanai
    ごめんですむならけいさつはいらない
(expression) just saying sorry isn't enough; sorry won't cut it; if "sorry" were all it took (to settle things), we wouldn't need police

Variations:
行かずに済む
行かずにすむ(sK)

 ikazunisumu
    いかずにすむ
(exp,v5m) to not have to go; to need not go
This page contains 11 results for "済む" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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