Vocab Info

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)

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    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 due to financial struggles.

      • 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'm working like crazy to clear debts.

      • 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。

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

      • 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。

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

      • 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 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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