始し末まつ

しまつ shimatsu

management
dealing
settlement
cleaning up afterwards

nounする verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

处理；收拾

Examples

Furigana

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.
他花了一整个下午清理去年的菠菜根。
Tatoeba #107490
これは始し末まつの難かたい問もん題だいだ。
This is a difficult problem to solve.
这是个难以处理的问题。
Tatoeba #218390

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6363493220'); // 始末

{
  "id": "6363493220",
  "word": "始末",
  "reading": "しまつ",
  "romaji": "shimatsu",
  "meanings": [
    "management",
    "dealing",
    "settlement",
    "cleaning up afterwards"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1307620,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "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。",
      "en": "He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.",
      "tatoeba_id": 107490
    },
    {
      "ja": "これは始末の難い問題だ。",
      "furigana": "これは{始末|しまつ}の{難|かた}い{問題|もんだい}だ。",
      "en": "This is a difficult problem to solve.",
      "tatoeba_id": 218390
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "26bf5964b3912e15ffce68aad1acaf53abf713c71656357a49f0b9c8541b52b1",
    "meanings": [
      "处理",
      "收拾"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "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。",
        "zh": "他花了一整个下午清理去年的菠菜根。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "これは始末の難い問題だ。",
        "zh": "这是个难以处理的问题。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/6363493220",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1307620; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "36a713d574f891196922c6a24fac1b9496065ba6be2d4a106f0f198f16345e60",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}