I Love Kanji済む (sumu)
済む (すむ, sumu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to finish; to end”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- すむ
- Romaji
- sumu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to finish; to end; to be completed; to be resolved · godan verb, intransitive
- to have a result less severe than expected · godan verb, intransitive
- to feel at ease · godan verb, intransitive
- to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry · godan verb, intransitive · in the negative
Example sentences
しかし彼に大きなけがはなく、軽い打撲傷で済んだ。
However he wasn't seriously hurt and got away with light bruising.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 済む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 済む | すむ sumu |
| Polite (~masu) | 済みます | すみます sumimasu |
| Negative | 済まない | すまない sumanai |
| Polite negative | 済みません | すみません sumimasen |
| Past | 済んだ | すんだ sunda |
| Polite past | 済みました | すみました sumimashita |
| Negative past | 済まなかった | すまなかった sumanakatta |
| Te-form | 済んで | すんで sunde |
| Potential | 済める | すめる sumeru |
| Passive | 済まれる | すまれる sumareru |
| Causative | 済ませる | すませる sumaseru |
| Volitional | 済もう | すもう sumou |
| Imperative | 済め | すめ sume |
| Conditional (~ba) | 済めば | すめば sumeba |
Kanji in 済む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 済む.
Source: JMdict entry 1295070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.