Verb (Advanced ㊤ 565)
A verb that means “to be finished; to do (in the sense of being enough)”.
Equivalent: Take/cost/need/etc. only ~; do/manage (without/only with); get by/get away (without/only with); be let off (without/only with); be enough (if); be all right (if); not to have to: there is no need for
| (i) Number(+Counter)で | 済む | |
| 20ドルで済む | Something costs only 20 dollars | |
| (ii) Noun {(だけ)/なし}で | 済む | |
| 電話(だけ)で済む | (just) a telephone call is enough | |
| 検査なしで済む | Not have to have/give an examination; do without an exam | |
| (iii) Nounがなくても | 済む | |
| 携帯電話がなくても済む | Manage without a cell phone | |
| (iv) {Vて/Adjectiveいstem} | くて済む | |
| 謝って済む | Get away with just apologising | |
| 安くて済む | Something costs only a little | |
| (v) Vinformalだけで | 済む | |
| 行くだけで済む | Just going is enough; get by with just going | |
| (vi) Vnegative {ずに/なくて(も)/ないで} | 済む | Exception: する→せずに |
| 行か{ずに/なくて(も)/ないで}済む | Do not have to go; be all right if someone doesn’t go | |
| (vii) {Vconditionalば/Vinformal past}ら | 済む | |
| {借りれば/借りたら}済む | Be all right if someone borrows something |
