ただで済む

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
ただで濟む (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

Compound of ただ +‎ +‎ 済む.

Verb[edit]

ただで() (tada de sumuintransitive godan (stem ただで() (tada de sumi), past ただで()んだ (tada de sunda))

  1. to get away without consequences, to get off scot-free
    (ひと)(おとこ)手出(てだ)してただで()(おも)わないで。
    Hito no otoko ni tedashishite tada de sumu to omowanai de.
    Don't think you can meddle with someone else's man and just get away with it.

Conjugation[edit]