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済む、濟む すむ sumu

JMdict entry #1295070

  1. Godan verb with 'mu' endingintransitive verb to finish; to end; to be completed; to be resolved
  2. Godan verb with 'mu' endingintransitive verb to have a result less severe than expected
  3. Godan verb with 'mu' endingintransitive verb to feel at ease
  4. Godan verb with 'mu' endingintransitive verb to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

Kanji in this word

settle, (debt,, etc.)

Example sentences

彼は交通事故にあったが、かろうじて死ななくてすんだ。
kare ha koutsuu jiko ni axtsu ta ga 、 karoujite shina naku te sun da 。
He met with a traffic accident and had a narrow escape from death.
彼は危うく車に引かれずにすんだ。
kare ha ayauku kuruma ni hika re zu ni sun da 。
He narrowly escaped being run over.
彼は危ういところで死なずにすんだ。
kare ha ayaui tokoro de shina zu ni sun da 。
He barely missed being killed.
彼はどうにか赤字を出さずにすんだ。
kare ha dou ni ka akaji wo dasa zu ni sun da 。
He managed to make both ends meet.
彼のふしだらな行為は気付かれずにはすまなかった。
kare no fushidara na koui ha kiduka re zu ni ha suma nakaxtsu ta 。
His immoral actions did not go unnoticed.
農業科学の発達のおかげで、世界の食料生産はなんとか人口増加に遅れずに済んだ。ただし未来を犠牲にしてである。
nougyou kagaku no hattatsu no okage de 、 sekai no shokuryou seisan ha nan to ka jinkou zouka ni okure zu ni sun da 。 tadashi mirai wo gisei ni shi te de aru 。
Thanks to the development of agricultural science, world food production has managed to keep up with population growth - but only at the expense of the future.

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