済む

Meaning

1. v5mvi
   to finish; to end; to be completed; to be resolved
2. v5mvi
   to have a result less severe than expected
3. v5mvi
   to feel at ease
4. v5mvi
   to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

Example sentences

• しかし彼に大きなけがはなく、軽い打撲傷で済んだ。

  However he wasn't seriously hurt and got away with light bruising.

• 旅行の準備は済みましたか。

  Have you made all the arrangements for your trip?

• 農業科学の発達のおかげで、世界の食料生産はなんとか人口増加に遅れずに済んだ。ただし未来を犠牲にしてである。

  Thanks to the development of agricultural science, world food production has managed to keep up with population growth - but only at the expense of the future.