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JLPT N2 Grammar

ずに済む

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N2 · 回避 · nai-form verb去ない + ずに済む（する → せずに済む）

get by without; avoid having to

nai-form verb去ない + ずに済む（する → せずに済む）

Shows that something one expected to need to do, or worried would happen, did not happen and things were fine.

Often used for avoiding trouble, costs, punishment, loss, and similar burdens.

早めに予約しておいたので、長い列に並ばずに済んだ。

Because I made a reservation early, I avoided having to stand in a long line.

する becomes せずに済む; it is not merely not doing something, but being spared from it.

The trouble you might have had to go through was spared in the end.

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