済ます
すます
to finish; to get it over with; to conclude; to settle
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-su), Transitive
to finish; to get it over with; to conclude- to settle; to pay back
- to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 済ますすます | 済ましますすまします |
| Negative | 済まさないすまさない | 済ましませんすましません |
| Past | 済ましたすました | 済ましましたすましました |
| Past negative | 済まさなかったすまさなかった | 済ましませんでしたすましませんでした |
| Te-form | 済ましてすまして |
|---|---|
| Potential | 済ませるすませる |
| Passive | 済まされるすまされる |
| Causative | 済まさせるすまさせる |
| Volitional | 済まそうすまそう |
| Imperative | 済ませすませ |
| Conditional (ば) | 済ませばすませば |
| Conditional (たら) | 済ましたらすましたら |
Example sentences
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I thought I could settle it by phone.
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I can't do without this dictionary.
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Tom does all his homework at school.
夜はあっさりしたもので済ます。
I tend to eat a light dinner.
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I usually have a ready-made meal for dinner.
More examples (10)
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I cannot do without this dictionary.
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We're beyond the point where just apologizing is enough.
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A telephone is something you can't do without.
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She finished her errand and returned home.
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Is there any other way besides extraction?
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I cannot do without this dictionary even for a single day.
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What you said to her isn't accepted as a joke.
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By 7:00 she will have eaten dinner.
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We had to do without oil during the war.
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If you don't have money, you have to do without.