Word Meaning 始末
しまつ
shimatsu
始末 is read as しまつ (shimatsu) and means end result (usu. bad).
Meaning
English
- end result (usu. bad)
- outcome
- course of events
- circumstances
- particulars
- economizing
- economising
- frugality
Reading
Kana
しまつ
Romaji
shimatsu
Writing Variants
- 仕末 しまつ shimatsu
Stroke Sequence
2 Characters • 13 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
7後始末が大変だよ。
Afterwards there will be hell to pay.
後始末は自分でします。
I'll clean up this mess myself.
あの犬は始末すべきだよ。
You should do away with that dog.
その山火事は火の不始末から出た。
The forest fire occurred through carelessness.
帰る時には間違いなく火の始末をしてください。
Be sure to put out the fire before you leave.
私は学祭の片付けの際に学校の鍵を紛失して始末書を書くことになりました。
I lost a school key when I was cleaning up after the school festival and I was then required to write an apology letter.
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.