済ませる|すませるsumaseru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto finish; to make an end of; to get through with; to let end
    私は宿題しゅくだいをすませてからテレビを見みた。↗
    Having done my homework, I watched television.
  2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto make do (with); to manage (with)
  3. ichidan verb, transitive verbto resolve; to settle; to bring to a conclusion
Conjugation
Dictionary form済ませる(すませる)
Polite (masu)済ませます(すませます)
Negative (nai)済ませない(すませない)
polite (masen)済ませません(すませません)
classical zu / nu済ませず・済ませぬ(すませず・すませぬ)
Past (ta)済ませた(すませた)
polite (mashita)済ませました(すませました)
Past negative (nakatta)済ませなかった(すませなかった)
polite (masen deshita)済ませませんでした(すませませんでした)
Te form済ませて(すませて)
Potential済ませられる(すませられる)
Passive済ませられる(すませられる)
Causative済ませさせる(すませさせる)
Causative passive済ませさせられる(すませさせられる)
Conditional (ba)済ませれば(すませれば)
tara済ませたら(すませたら)
Volitional済ませよう(すませよう)
polite (mashou)済ませましょう(すませましょう)
Imperative済ませろ(すませろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym済ますすますNeutralSame meaning as the headword: to finish something or make do; both are in common use. Note that 「澄ます」 is a different word.
  • Synonym片付けるかたづけるNeutralCovers tidying up (「部屋を片付ける」) and also settling or finishing a matter (「仕事を片付ける」); the latter use is close to the headword.
  • Antonym残すのこすNeutralMeans to leave something behind or leave it undone (「仕事を残す」) — the opposite of finishing with the headword.
  • Antonym始めるはじめるNeutralMeans to start or begin something — the opposite of the headword's sense of getting something done.

Use 「済ませる」 for getting something done or making do (「食事を済ませる」「簡単に済ませる」); 「済ます」 works the same. Use 「片付ける」 for tidying up; 「残す」 is its opposite.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある事柄ことがらを完全かんぜんに終おわらせる。
  2. あるもので間に合まにあわせる。何なんかで対応たいおうする。
  3. 問題もんだいや事柄ことがらを解決かいけつする。決着けっちゃくをつける。
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