Godan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to finish, to end, to be completed.
  2. to merely result in something less severe than expected.
  3. to feel at ease.
  4. to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone, to be sorry. In the negative.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
済む すむ
 
濟む すむ

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)