始末

nounしまつ · shimatsu

1. Englishmanagement; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up

   • 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.

2. Englishcourse of events; circumstances; particulars

3. Englishend result (usu. bad); outcome

   • 世界からは【麻疹輸出国】と嫌味とも本音ともとれることをいわれている始末。Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.

4. Englisheconomizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty

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