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済む

すむ

to be settled, to complete

Mnemonic

You are up the far bank with the whole thing behind you now. In at seven, out by nine, and somebody summed すむ it up in three words: すむ.

Worth knowing

Same reading as 住む すむ, to live somewhere. This one is a thing being over with. 〜ないで済む is getting away without having to.

Built from

finish, settle
氵 water on the left. Getting across it and being done, the way you are once you are on the far bank.

Also read すむ

to live, to reside

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