すます

Japanese
Alternative spelling
済ます

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "済ます"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 済ます すま​す [sùmáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 済ませ すま​せ [sùmáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 済まされる すまされ​る [sùmásáréꜜrù]
Causative 済まさせる すまさせ​る [sùmásáséꜜrù]
Potential 済ませる すませ​る [sùmáséꜜrù]
Volitional 済まそう すまそ​ー [sùmásóꜜò]
Negative 済まさない すまさ​ない [sùmásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 済まさなかった すまさ​なかった [sùmásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 済まします すましま​す [sùmáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 済ました すま​した [sùmáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 済まして すま​して [sùmáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 済ませば すま​せば [sùmáꜜsèbà]

Verb

すます • (sumasu) transitive godan (stem すまし (sumashi), past すました (sumashita))

  1. to finish, to end, to settle
  2. to repay
  3. to make do with
Conjugation
Conjugation of "すます" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") すまさ sumasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") すまし sumashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") すます sumasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") すます sumasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") すませ sumase
Meireikei ("imperative") すませ sumase
Key constructions
Passive すまされる sumasareru
Causative すまさせる
すまさす		 sumasaseru
sumasasu
Potential すませる sumaseru
Volitional すまそう sumasō
Negative すまさない sumasanai
Negative continuative すまさず sumasazu
Formal すまします sumashimasu
Perfective すました sumashita
Conjunctive すまして sumashite
Hypothetical conditional すませば sumaseba

See also

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of すます – see the following entry.
【澄ます】
[verb] to clear; to make something clear
[verb] to wash clean
[verb] to keep calm
[verb] to concentrate one's effort; to focus one's attention
[verb] to pretend as if nothing happened
Alternative spelling
清ます
(This term, すます, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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