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ずに済すむ

ずにすむzu ni sumuneutral

savor + get by without doing

ajiwawa zu ni sumu

get by without doing; turn out not to have to do

meaning: end up not having to savor

Same meaning

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜ずにすむ
  • 味あじわわずにすむ

早はやめに予約よやくしたので、味あじわわずにすむ。

hayame ni yoyaku shita node, ajiwawa zu ni sumu.

I booked early, so I end up not having to savor. neutral

バスがすぐ来きたから、濡ぬれなくてすんだよ。

basu ga sugu kita kara, nurenakute sunda yo.

The bus turned up right away, so I didn't end up getting soaked. casual

Same meaning7

don't have to; it's okay not to

classical negative (ぬ・ず・ざる)

All examples3

get by without having to do X — unnecessary, to your relief

  1. 早はやめに予約よやくしたので、並ならばずにすんだ。

    hayame ni yoyaku shita node, narabazunisunda.

    I booked early, so I ended up not having to line up. neutral

  2. バスがすぐ来きたから、濡ぬれなくてすんだよ。

    basu ga sugu kita kara, nurenakute sunda yo.

    The bus turned up right away, so I didn't end up getting soaked. casual

  3. 早期そうきに発見はっけんできたため、大おおがかりな手術しゅじゅつをせずに済すみました。

    souki ni hakken dekita tame, oogakari na shujutsu o sezu ni sumimashita.

    Because it was caught early, no major surgery was needed after all. formal

How it's formed2

All forms3

  • なくてすむnakutesumucolloquial

    味あじわわなくてすむ

    the everyday spoken half of the pair, on the modern form — しなくてすむ where the ず form spells せずにすむ.

  • pastずにすんだzunisunda

    味あじわわずにすんだ

  • politeずにすみますzunisumimasu

    味あじわわずにすみます

Notes

済すむ here means "it ends there", not "it finishes" (払はらわずに済すんだ).
する becomes せずに済すむ in the classical form, しなくて済すむ in the
modern one.