始末が悪い
shimatsugawarui
hard to deal with, hard to handle, difficult, trying, intractable, incorrigible, refractory
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  1. shimatsugawarui hard to deal with, hard to handle, difficult, trying, intractable, incorrigible, refractory
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Kanji Breakdown
Commence, Begin
On: し Kun: はじ.める,-はじ.める,はじ.まる
8 strokes N4
End, Close, Tip, Powder, Posterity
On: まつ,ばつ Kun: すえ
5 strokes N3
Bad, Vice, Rascal, False, Evil, Wrong
On: あく,お Kun: わる.い,わる-,あ.し,にく.い,-にく.い,ああ,いずくに,いずくんぞ,にく.む
11 strokes N4
How to Use This Word
I-adjective (い形容詞)
Pattern
始末が悪い → 始末が悪くない → 始末が悪かった → 始末が悪くて

💡 Drop い to get the stem: add くない (negative), かった (past), くて (te-form).

Example
とても始末が悪いですね。
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