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始末
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 始末.
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1
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal
Examples
彼は午後いっぱい使って昨年のほうれん草の根を始末した。
He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.
2
course of events; circumstances; particulars
3
end result (usu. bad); outcome
Examples
世界からは【麻疹輸出国】と嫌味とも本音ともとれることをいわれている始末。
Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.
4
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
economizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty
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