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N1 Noun, Suru 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, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      1.

      (financial) settlement, squaring accounts, clearing debts

    2. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      2.

      liquidation

    3. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

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

      We liquidated the subsidiary because the management was tough. {settlement (financial), squaring accounts, clearing debts, liquidation, ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)}

      • N1

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

      I am working desperately to clear my debts. {settlement (financial), squaring accounts, clearing debts, liquidation, ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)}

      • N1

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

      The former criminal is trying to settle his past and make a fresh start. {settlement (financial), squaring accounts, clearing debts, liquidation, ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)}

      • N1

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

      Unless you clear your debts, you cannot enjoy shopping. {settlement (financial), squaring accounts, clearing debts, liquidation, ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)}

      • N1

      惰性(だせい)交際(こうさい)(つづ)けていた(かれ)()りを(もど)さないように関係(かんけい)清算(せいさん)した。

      I settled the relationship so as not to reconcile with him, who was continuing the relationship out of inertia. {settlement (financial), squaring accounts, clearing debts, liquidation, ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)}

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