I Love Kanji済ます (sumasu)
済ます (すます, sumasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to finish; to get it over with”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- すます
- Romaji
- sumasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to finish; to get it over with; to conclude · godan verb, transitive
- to settle; to pay back · godan verb, transitive
- to get along (without something); to make do with (without) · godan verb, transitive · often with で
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 済ます
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 済ます | すます sumasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 済まします | すまします sumashimasu |
| Negative | 済まさない | すまさない sumasanai |
| Polite negative | 済ましません | すましません sumashimasen |
| Past | 済ました | すました sumashita |
| Polite past | 済ましました | すましました sumashimashita |
| Negative past | 済まさなかった | すまさなかった sumasanakatta |
| Te-form | 済まして | すまして sumashite |
| Potential | 済ませる | すませる sumaseru |
| Passive | 済まされる | すまされる sumasareru |
| Causative | 済まさせる | すまさせる sumasaseru |
| Volitional | 済まそう | すまそう sumasou |
| Imperative | 済ませ | すませ sumase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 済ませば | すませば sumaseba |
Kanji in 済ます
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 済ます.
Source: JMdict entry 1295030 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.