JLPT N3 · な-adjective

粗末 (somatsu)

粗末 (そまつ, somatsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “crude; rough”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: そまつ
Romaji: somatsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby · な-adjective, noun
careless; disrespectful; without proper care · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

道具を粗末に使うな。

Don't handle these tools roughly.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 粗末

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	粗末だ	そまつだ somatsuda
Present (polite)	粗末です	そまつです somatsudesu
Negative	粗末じゃない	そまつじゃない somatsujanai
Past	粗末だった	そまつだった somatsudatta
Negative past	粗末じゃなかった	そまつじゃなかった somatsujanakatta
Te-form	粗末で	そまつで somatsude
Before a noun	粗末な	そまつな somatsuna
Adverb (~ni)	粗末に	そまつに somatsuni

Kanji in 粗末

粗

coarse, rough, ruggedソ・あら.い・あら- · 11 strokes

末

end, close, tipマツ・バツ・すえ・うら · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 粗末.

粗あらremaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting)粗いあらいcoarse粗筋あらすじoutline末すえend末まつthe end (of)月末げつまつend of the month末っ子すえっこyoungest child期末きまつend of term始末しまつmanagement粉末ふんまつfine powder末期まっきlast years

Source: JMdict entry 1397100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.