Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to finish, to get it over with, to conclude.
  2. to settle, to pay back.
  3. to get along (without something), to make do with (without). Often with で.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
済ます すます

Contained Kanji Breakdown

settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish
す.む サイ -ずみ (6th, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
adjusted, alike, equal
セイ サイ そろ.う (9th, N1)
alike(齊) variant
sentence, literature, style
ブン モン も (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)