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    3. 始末

    始末

    始し末まつ

    management

    N1KMT6News #15+1CoreDaily LifeAmbiguous glossKanji Vocab13 strokes

    仕末

    しまつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    management, dealing with, settlement, cleaning up, disposal

    Noun

    2.
    course of events, circumstances, particulars
    3.
    end result (usu. bad), outcome

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Adjective

    4.
    economizing, economising, frugality, being thrifty

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    この書しょ類るいの始し末まつをお願ねがいします。

    Please take care of these documents.

    KMT5Daily Life
    結けっ局きょく、彼かれは会かい社しゃを辞やめる始し末まつになった。

    In the end, he ended up quitting the company.

    KMT6Daily LifeWork & Career
    散ちらかった部へ屋やの始し末まつをするのに一いち日にちかかった。

    It took a whole day to clean up the messy room.

    KMT6Daily LifeHome & Housing
    この前まえの事じ件けんの始し末まつはどうなったの?

    What was the outcome of the previous incident?

    KMT6Daily Life
    家か計けいの始し末まつをしっかりしないと、貯ちょ金きんは増ふえない。

    If you don't manage household finances properly, your savings won't increase.

    KMT7Daily LifeHome & Housing

    Kanji that make up this word

    始
    はじ.める・-はじ.める・はじ.まる…(2)
    commence・begin
    末
    すえ・うら・うれ…(2)
    end・close・tip・powder・posterity
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