Vocab Info

N1 Noun, する-verb, Transitive verb

清算(せいさん)settlement (financial), squaring accounts, clearing debts, liquidation, ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, する-verb, Transitive verb

      1. 1.

        (financial) settlement, squaring accounts, clearing debts

      2. 2.

        liquidation

      3. 3.

        ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)

    All Forms

    清算 【せいさん】

    Details

      • せ

      • い

      • さ

      • ん

    • Frequency

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    Examples

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    • 経営(けいえい)が厳(きび)しいから子会社(こがいしゃ)を清算(せいさん)した。

      We liquidated the subsidiary due to financial struggles.

      • N1
    • 借金(しゃっきん)を清算(せいさん)するために必死(ひっし)に働(はたら)いています。

      I'm working like crazy to clear debts.

      • N1
    • 元(もと)犯罪(はんざい)者(しゃ)が過去(かこ)を清算(せいさん)して再(さい)出発(しゅっぱつ)しようとしている。

      A former criminal is trying to bury their past and start over.

      • N1
    • 借金(しゃっきん)を清算(せいさん)しない限(かぎ)り、ショッピングを楽(たの)しむことは出来(でき)ません。

      You can't really enjoy shopping until you've cleared your debts.

      • N1
    • 惰性(だせい)で交際(こうさい)を続(つづ)けていた彼(かれ)と寄(よ)りを戻(もど)さないように関係(かんけい)を清算(せいさん)した。

      I broke up with him so I wouldn't end up slipping back into a relationship that had already run its course.

      • N1
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