しまつ

始 末

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

    management, dealing with, settlement, cleaning up, disposal

    • 彼は午後いっぱい使って昨年のほうれん草の根を始末した。
      He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    course of events, circumstances, particulars

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    end result (usu. bad), outcome

    • 世界からは【麻疹輸出国】と嫌味とも本音ともとれることをいわれている始末。
      Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

    economizing, economising, frugality, being thrifty