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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)

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    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)

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    清算 【せいさん】

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      • せ

      • い

      • さ

      • ん

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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.

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