How to say "conclude" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 済ますすますgodan verb, transitive verbCovers the sense of concluding something by finishing it off, often with a nuance of getting it done and over with. Typical when dealing with a task, obligation, or piece of business you want behind you.７時までに彼女は夕食を済ましてしまっているだろう。↗By 7:00 she will have eaten dinner.
- 割り切るわりきるgodan verb, transitive verbCovers concluding in the sense of coming to a clean, decisive resolution, especially by cutting through complications and settling the matter mentally. Typical when you accept a situation or decide something without lingering doubts.
- 終わるおわるgodan verb, transitive verbCovers the plain sense of conclude as 'come to an end' — a meeting, speech, event, or activity simply finishes. The most neutral choice when nothing more than ending is meant.
- 割り出すわりだすgodan verb, transitive verbCovers only the logical sense of conclude — to deduce or infer a result from available information. Use it when reasoning leads you to a conclusion, not when something merely ends.
Use 「終わる」 for things simply ending, 「済ます」 for getting something over with, 「割り切る」 for settling a matter by reasoning it cleanly out, and 「割り出す」 for concluding by deduction or inference.
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