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済む

すむ

to be finished, be settled

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Examples

  1. 仕事が済んだら帰ります。

    しごとがすんだらかえります。

    I'll go home once work is done.

  2. 銀行の手続きはもう済みました。

    ぎんこうのてつづきはもうすみました。

    The bank paperwork is already finished.

  3. 電話で済むことなので、行かなくてもいいですよ。

    でんわですむことなので、いかなくてもいいですよ。

    It can be handled by phone, so you don't have to go.

Common patterns

用事が済む
for an errand to be finished
～で済む
to be settled with just ~
～ないで済む
to get by without doing ~

Often confused with

Memory tip

〜で済む means "it can be settled with only —" (一万円で済んだ). The apology すみません comes from this verb: literally "it isn't settled" on the speaker's side.

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