Meanings

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbmanagement; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal
2. nouncourse of events; circumstances; particulars
3. nounend result (usu. bad); outcome
4. noun, suru verb, na-adjective, transitive verbeconomizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty

Examples

• それをどう始末するの。

  What shall I do with it?

• これは始末の難い問題だ。

  This is a difficult problem to solve.

• あの犬は始末すべきだよ。

  You should do away with that dog.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 始末

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