How to say "cancellation" in Japanese

• 解消かいしょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCancellation in the sense of resolving or eliminating something unwanted, such as stress. It is not the word for calling off an event or booking.
  私は婚約こんやくを解消かいしょうしました。↗

  I have broken off our engagement.
• 解除かいじょJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCancellation in a formal or legal sense: the termination or rescission of a contract. Use it when a contract or similar arrangement is officially ended, rather than simply called off.
• キャンセルCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe loanword for cancellation: calling off appointments, reservations, orders, or events. When you simply mean that plans will not happen after all, this is the word to use.
  ロス出張しゅっちょうをキャンセルしようかな。↗

  I should cancel my L.A. trip.
• 取り消しとりけしCommon
  nounCancellation as retraction: taking back or revoking something already said, ordered, or done. It is closer to withdrawal or revocation than to calling off an event.
• 欠航けっこうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbUsed only of flights and sea voyages: a flight or sailing that will not go ahead as scheduled. It does not cover any other kind of cancellation.
  その飛行機ひこうきは濃霧のうむのために欠航けっこうになった。↗

  The flight was cancelled because of the thick fog.

Use 「キャンセル」 for calling off plans, bookings, or events; 解除 for formally ending contracts; 「取り消し」 for retracting something said or done; 解消 for doing away with unwanted states such as stress; and 欠航 only for flights and voyages.

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• 解消かいしょうcancellation
• 解除かいじょtermination (of a contract)
• キャンセルcancellation
• 取り消しとりけしcancellation
• 欠航けっこうcancellation (of a flight or sea voyage)
• 願い下げねがいさげcancellation
• 休講きゅうこうcancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
• 運休うんきゅうsuspension (of a transportation service)
• 帳消しちょうけしwriting off (a debt)
• 破談はだんbreaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.)
• 打ち切りうちきりend
• 抹消まっしょうerasure
• 取り止めとりやめcancellation
• お流れおながれcancellation
• 沙汰止みさたやみcancellation
• 運転取り止めうんてんとりやめcancellation (of a train, bus, etc.)
• 破約はやくbreaking (an agreement, promise)
• 消除しょうじょdeletion
• 中止ちゅうしcancellation (of a planned event)
• 廃棄はいきannulment
• 破棄はきannulment
• 川流れかわながれcancellation
• 棒引きぼうびきcancellation (of a debt)
• 流れながれcancellation