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Grammar detail: ないで済む(ないですむ)

ないで済む(ないですむ)  get by without doing ~; manage to do something without
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verb negative joining form
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get by without doing ~; manage to do something without ~
ラーメン
べても
シャツ
よご
さないで
んで
よかった
You're lucky you managed to eat ramen without dirtying your shirt.
かれ
にゅうよく
入浴
しないで
こと
よろこ
んでいた
けど
わたし
たの
しみにしていた
からすごくがっかりした
He was happy to get away without having a shower, but I was disappointed because I was looking forward to it.
ともだち
友達
ドレス
してくれた
から
わないで
んだ

My friend lent me a dress, so I didn't need to buy one.
This form also appears in kana only. For example:
りないですむ
いじょう
以上
かね
りる

Don't borrow more money than you can help.
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Kanji used in this grammar

サイ   finish   す to be finished   すます to be through with   
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ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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オ   きたな dirty   けが to defile, stain   けがれる to be defiled   けがらわしい dirty, defiled   よご to make dirty   よごれる to be dirty   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
ヨク   あびる to shower, to bask in   あびせる to pour on   
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キ   よろこ to rejoice   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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ユウ   とも friend   
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タツ    arrive   
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タイ   か to lend   
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バイ   か to buy   
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シャク   かりる to borrow   
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イ    (prefix) or   
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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