ずみ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
済み

Etymology

From () (sumi). The sumi changes to zumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [zùmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [d͡zɨmʲi]

Suffix

ずみ • (-zumiずみ (-zumi)?

  1. done, finished
    ()(ぎょう)()
    Sagyō-zumi.
    Work is done.
    使()(よう)()テレビ
    shiyō-zumi no terebi
    second-hand televisions
    (さく)(じょ)(ずみ)
    sakujo-zumi
    deleted

Usage notes

Attaches to nouns and indicates that the process denoted by the noun has finished.