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始末だ

💡Meaning

Ends up

📝Usage

Verb[dict] + 始末だ (しまつだ)

⚠️Notes

Used to describe a final, negative outcome after a series of bad events. "In the end..." (e.g., 彼は、借金を重ね、ついには会社を辞める始末だった。 - He piled up debt and, in the end, wound up quitting his job.)