～ずにすんだ

〜zuni sunda

JLPT N1 Chapter 143: Without doing, without meaning to, 7 of 12

Formation

Verb-ず form + に + すんだ

Expresses the idea of 'was able to do without'; 'managed to avoid'.

Explanation

The ～ずにすんだ grammar point indicates that one was able to avoid doing something or managed to get by without doing it. It translates as 'managed to avoid ~' or 'got by without ~.'

Example sentences

彼かれは事故じこを起おこさずにすんだ。

He managed to avoid having an accident.

Kare wa jiko o okosazu ni sunda.
私わたしは手術しゅじゅつせずにすんだ。

I was able to do without surgery.

Watashi wa shujutsu sezu ni sunda.
雨あめが降ふらずにすんだ。

We managed to avoid the rain.

Ame ga furazu ni sunda.
罰金ばっきんを払はらわずにすんだ。

I managed to avoid paying a fine.

Bakkin o harawazu ni sunda.

Corpus examples (16)

彼かれは危あやうく車くるまに引ひかれずにすんだ。

He narrowly escaped being run over.
木きのおかげで雨あめにぬれずにすんだ。

The trees kept me out of the rain.
雨あめで火ひの手ては広ひろがらずにすんだ。

The rain kept the fire from spreading.
会社かいしゃは何なんとか倒産とうさんせずにすんだ。

The company managed to keep afloat.
かろうじて事故じこに遭わずにすんだ。

I escaped the accident by the skin of my teeth.
ロケットは静しずかに着地ちゃくちしたので器具きぐを壊こわさずにすんだ。

The rocket landed sufficiently gently to avoid breaking its instruments.
幸さいわい、怪我けがをせずにすんだ。

I was lucky enough to escape unhurt.
彼かれは危あやういところで死しなずにすんだ。

He barely missed being killed.
そのようにして彼かれは事故じこでけがをせずにすんだ。

That's how he escaped being hurt in the accident.
かろうじて車くるまに当あてられずにすんだ。

I narrowly escaped being hit by a car.
かろうじて車くるまにはねられずにすんだ。

I narrowly escaped being hit by a car.
彼かれはどうにか赤字あかじを出ださずにすんだ。

He managed to make both ends meet.
もう少すこし知恵ちえがあったら、彼かれは面倒めんどうな目めにあわずにすんだのに。

With a little more wisdom, he would not have got in trouble.
彼かれらは罰ばっせられずにすんだ。

They escaped being punished.
彼女かのじょはどうにか見みつけ出だされずにすんだ。

She had escaped detection somehow.
幸さいわいにもけがをせずにすんだ。

He escaped injury, happily.