始し末まつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

dealing with; settlement; cleanup; disposal

Used for taking care of a matter through to its conclusion, including settling trouble, cleaning up after something, or disposing of unwanted things. As a する verb it is transitive.

• この件けんは私わたしが責せき任にんを持もって始し末まつします。

  I will take responsibility for settling this matter.

• 古ふるい領りょう収しゅう書しょを全ぜん部ぶ始し末まつした。

  I disposed of all the old receipts.

noun

course of events; circumstances; particulars

Refers to how something happened from start to finish, often in expressions such as 事の始末 or 事件の始末.

• 事ことの始し末まつを最さい初しょから説せつ明めいしてください。

  Please explain the whole course of events from the beginning.

noun

bad outcome; sorry result; ending up

Usually has a negative tone and often appears in patterns like 〜する始末だ, meaning that things ended up in an undesirable state.

• 彼かれは酒さけを飲のみすぎて、最さい後ごには駅えきで寝ね込こむ始し末まつだった。

  He drank too much and ended up sleeping in the station.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', na-adjective, transitive verb

frugality; economizing; being thrifty

A relatively old-fashioned or limited use meaning careful and economical with money or things; 始末な暮らし is a typical pattern.

• 祖そ母ぼは始し末まつな暮くらしをして、物ものを無む駄だにしなかった。

  My grandmother lived frugally and did not waste things.