始末する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 始末する | 始末しない |
| Polite | 始末します | 始末しません |
| Past polite | 始末しました | 始末しませんでした |
| Past | 始末した | 始末しなかった |
| Te-form | 始末して | 始末しないで |
| Desire | 始末したい | 始末したくない |
| Potential | 始末できる | 始末できない |
| Passive | 始末される | 始末されない |
| Causative | 始末させる | 始末させない |
| Causative passive | 始末させられる | 始末させられない |
| Volitional | 始末しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 始末しましょう | |
| Imperative | 始末しろ | 始末するな |
| Conditional | 始末すれば | 始末しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 始末したら | 始末しなかったら |
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.
この件は私が責任を持って始末します。
I will take responsibility for settling this matter.
I disposed of all the old receipts.
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.
Please explain the whole course of events from the beginning.
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.
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.
My grandmother lived frugally and did not waste things.
I got rid of the furniture I no longer used.
He kept piling up debt, and ended up being abandoned by his family.
My grandmother has lived a frugal life since she was young.
I don't know what to do with this big old desk.
経緯 is the standard word for the background and course of events, close to the 'circumstances' sense of 始末, but more common in formal explanations.
節約 is the everyday modern word for saving money or resources, while the frugality sense of 始末 is older-fashioned and more limited in use.
始末する covers disposing of or dealing with something (including euphemistically killing), overlapping with 片付ける's senses of settling matters or eliminating someone.
始末 simply means the management or settlement of an affair without negative connotation, while 不始末 adds the negative sense of improper, negligent handling.