不始末|ふしまつfushimatsu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. noun, na-adjectiveomission; failure; incompleteness
2. noun, na-adjectiveirregularity; mismanagement; misconduct; malpractice; carelessness; wastefulness; extravagance
   彼かれは部下ぶかの不始末ふしまつを見みつけた。↗

   He detected his men's misconduct.

• Related非行ひこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Delinquency by young people, as in 「非行少年」, stressing law-breaking and rule violations.
• Related不埒ふらちWrittenWritten/formal prose. Condemns outrageous, inexcusable conduct, as in 「不埒な奴」; 不始末 is about mishandling things so that others are inconvenienced.
• Related不行跡ふぎょうせきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Impropriety or dissolute living; targets a person's private conduct and morals rather than botched handling of affairs.
• Related心得違いこころえちがいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Acting wrongly out of misunderstanding, as in 「とんだ心得違い」; the fault lies in the thinking, not the handling.
• Antonym手際てぎわNeutralNeutral. The skill or deftness with which things are handled; 「手際がいい」 is the direct opposite of 不始末's bungling.
• Antonym始末しまつNeutralNeutral. Dealing with or cleaning something up; 「きちんと始末する」 is the opposite of 不始末, though 「始末が悪い」 instead means hard to deal with.
• Antonym完璧かんぺきNeutralNeutral. Flawless and complete, the antithesis of the oversights and lapses implied by 不始末.

Use 「不始末」 for careless handling that causes trouble or mistakes, as in 「火の不始末」 or 「部下の不始末」. For bad personal conduct use 「不行跡」, for youth delinquency 「非行」, and for skillful handling say 「手際がいい」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 始末しまつのしかたが悪わるいこと。
2. 他人たにんに迷惑めいわくになるようなこと。