始末

Chinese
begin end; final stage; latter part
simp. and trad.
(始末)		 始 末

Pronunciation

Noun

始末

  1. beginning and end

Adverb

始末

  1. (literary) from the beginning to the end

Japanese
Kanji in this term
始 末
し
Grade: 3		 まつ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

May be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived components, as 始 (shi, “beginning”) + 末 (matsu, “ending”).

Pronunciation

Noun

始末 (hiragana しまつ, rōmaji shimatsu)

  1. the beginning and end of something
  2. the circumstances or details of something
  3. a result or outcome (usually a bad one)
  4. solution, settlement, disposal

Synonyms

Verb

始末する (transitive, hiragana しまつする, rōmaji shimatsu suru)

  1. to conclude, to bring to a conclusion, to end
  2. to economize on something
  3. to solve, to settle, to dispose of or deal with

Conjugation
Conjugation of "始末する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 始末し しまつし shimatsu shi
Continuative (連用形) 始末し しまつし shimatsu shi
Terminal (終止形) 始末する しまつする shimatsu suru
Attributive (連体形) 始末する しまつする shimatsu suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 始末すれ しまつすれ shimatsu sure
Imperative (命令形) 始末せよ¹
始末しろ²		 しまつせよ¹
しまつしろ²		 shimatsu seyo¹
shimatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 始末される しまつされる shimatsu sareru
Causative 始末させる
始末さす		 しまつさせる
しまつさす		 shimatsu saseru
shimatsu sasu
Potential 始末できる しまつできる shimatsu dekiru
Volitional 始末しよう しまつしよう shimatsu shiyō
Negative 始末しない しまつしない shimatsu shinai
Negative continuative 始末せず しまつせず shimatsu sezu
Formal 始末します しまつします shimatsu shimasu
Perfective 始末した しまつした shimatsu shita
Conjunctive 始末して しまつして shimatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 始末すれば しまつすれば shimatsu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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