済む
すむ · sumu
To finish, to end, to be completed
- to merely result in something less severe than expected
- to feel at ease
- to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone, to be sorry
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 済みますすみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 済みませんすみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 済みましたすみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 済みませんでしたすみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 済みましょうすみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 済みすみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 済みたいすみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 済みながらすみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 済んですんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 済んだすんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 済んだらすんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 済んでいるすんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 済まないすまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 済まなかったすまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 済まなくてすまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 済めるすめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 済めばすめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 済めすめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 済もうすもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 済まれるすまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 済ませるすませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 済まされるすまされる |
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What does 済む mean?
To finish, to end, to be completed. It can also mean: to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone, to be sorry.
How do you pronounce 済む?
すむ (sumu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 済む?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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