Word · 単語
済ます
Reading すます
to finish
- 1 to finish, to get it over with, to conclude
- 2 to settle, to pay back
- 3 to get along (without something), to make do with (without) — often with で
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frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
昼食はこれですまそう。
This will have to do for lunch.
sense 1 · to finish
電話で済まそうと思いました。
I thought I could settle it by phone.
sense 2 · to settle
抜歯しないで済ます方法はありますか。
Is there any other way besides extraction?
sense 3 · to get along (without something)
夕食を済ませたら出かけるよ。
I'll go out after having dinner.
sense 1 · to finish
この辞書なしには済まされない。
I can't do without this dictionary.
sense 3 · to get along (without something)