# 始末
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǐmò
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄇㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^2$ mut$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-boa̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǐmò
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄇㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhmò
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^3$-mo$^4$
*** Yale: shř-mwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyymoh
*** Palladius: шимо (šimo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^2$ mut$^6$
*** Yale: chí muht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^2$ mut$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^2$ mud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː³⁵ muːt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-boa̍t
*** Tâi-lô: sí-bua̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sy'boat
*** IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ buat̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buat̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ buat̚⁴/

### Noun

始末
* beginning and end

#### Synonyms

* 事情經過／事情经过 (shìqíng jīngguò)
* 事由 (shìyóu)
* 原委 (yuánwěi)
* 委曲 (wěiqū)
* 本末 (běnmò)
* 究竟 (jiūjìng)
* 經過／经过 (jīngguò)

### Adverb

始末
* (literary) from the beginning to the end

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 始 | 末 |
| し Grade: 3 | まつ Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

May be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived components, as 始 (shi, “beginning”) + 末 (matsu, “end”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しまつ [shíꜜmàtsù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕima̠t͡sɨ]

### Noun

始(し)末(まつ) • (shimatsu)
* beginning and end
* details
    始(し)末(まつ)書(しょ)
       shimatsu sho
       written apology of details
* result (usually a bad one)
    最(さい)下(か)位(い)で予(よ)選(せん)落(お)ちという始(し)末(まつ)だ。
       Saikai de yosen'ochi toiu shimatsu da.
       It is the result of failing qualifying at the bottom.
* settlement, solution, handling
    後(あと)始(し)末(まつ)
       ato shimatsu
       settlement after the event
    始(し)末(まつ)に負(お)えない
       shimatsu ni oenai
       be beyond handling
* disposal, throwaway
* execution, liquidation (usually of a nuisance)

#### Synonyms

* (beginning and end): 始終(しじゅう) (shijū), 顛末(てんまつ) (tenmatsu)
* (detalis): 経緯(けいい) (keī)
* (settlement): 処理(しょり) (shori), 処置(しょち) (shochi)
* (disposal): 処分(しょぶん) (shobun)
* (execution): 処刑(しょけい) (shokei), 成敗(せいばい) (seibai)

### Verb

始(し)末(まつ)する • (shimatsu suru) transitive suru (stem 始(し)末(まつ)し (shimatsu shi), past 始(し)末(まつ)した (shimatsu shita))
* to conclude
* to settle, to deal with
    原(げん)発(ぱつ)事(じ)故(こ)を始(し)末(まつ)する
       genpatsu jiko o shimatsusuru
       settle the nuclear accident
* to dispose, to throw away, to get rid of
    ぼろ衣(ぎぬ)を始(し)末(まつ)する
       boroginu o shimatsusuru
       get rid of rags
* to execute, to liquidate, to get rid of
    テロリストを始(し)末(まつ)する
       terorisuto o shimatsusuru
       execute terrorists
* to economize

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 始末し | しまつし | shimatsu shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 始末し | しまつし | shimatsu shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 始末する | しまつする | shimatsu suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 始末する | しまつする | shimatsu suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 始末すれ | しまつすれ | shimatsu sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 始末せよ¹ 始末しろ² | しまつせよ¹ しまつしろ² | shimatsu seyo¹ shimatsu shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 始末される | しまつされる | shimatsu sareru |
| Causative | 始末させる 始末さす | しまつさせる しまつさす | shimatsu saseru shimatsu sasu |
| Potential | 始末できる | しまつできる | shimatsu dekiru |
| Volitional | 始末しよう | しまつしよう | shimatsu shiyō |
| Negative | 始末しない | しまつしない | shimatsu shinai |
| Negative continuative | 始末せず | しまつせず | shimatsu sezu |
| Formal | 始末します | しまつします | shimatsu shimasu |
| Perfective | 始末した | しまつした | shimatsu shita |
| Conjunctive | 始末して | しまつして | shimatsu shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 始末すれば | しまつすれば | shimatsu sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

#### Synonyms

* 片付(かたづ)ける (katazukeru)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN