Illustration: In a home entryway, a resident finishes dealing with a flowerpot knocked from its stand. Wearing sturdy gloves, she gathers the last sharp pottery pieces into a rigid container while a dustpan holds the spilled soil.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

始し末まつ

shimatsu

dealing with, disposing of

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは午後ごごいっぱい使つかって昨年さくねんのほうれん草そうの根ねを始末しまつした。

    He’s spent all afternoon rooting up last year’s spinach plants.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 帰かえる時ときには間違まちがいなく火ひの始末しまつをしてください。

    Please remember to put out the fire before you go home.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. それをどう始末しまつするの。

    What shall I do with it?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 始末

  • 始commence; beginOnシKunはじめる・はじまる
  • 末end; closeOnマツ・バツKunすえ・うら・うれ

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