始末

Meaning

1. nvs
   management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal
2. n
   course of events; circumstances; particulars
3. n
   end result (usu. bad); outcome
4. nvsadj-na
   economizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty

Example sentences

• 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.

• それをどう始末するの。

  What shall I do with it?

• これは始末の難い問題だ。

  This is a difficult problem to solve.