How to say "clearing" in Japanese

• 切り開ききりひらきCommon
  nounCovers clearing land, i.e. opening up forest or overgrown ground by cutting. It can also mean excavating, so the physical act of breaking ground is central to this word.
• 開墾かいこんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbClearing in the agricultural sense: preparing wild or unused land for cultivation, as in land reclamation. Choose this when the cleared land is destined to become fields or farmland.
  新あらたな入植者にゅうしょくしゃ達たちがその広大こうだいな広野ひろのを開墾かいこんした。↗

  The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.
• 取り払いとりはらいCommon
  nounClearing away in the sense of removing or demolishing things — obstacles, structures, objects. It concerns taking things out of the way, not preparing land or deleting data.
• 交換こうかんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbApplies only to the financial sense of clearing checks or cheques, where banks exchange and settle payment documents. For any other sense of 'clearing' this is not the word you want; it really means exchange.
  あなたと席せきを交換こうかんしよう。↗

  Let me exchange seats with you.
• 消去しょうきょJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbClearing as erasure or deletion, as when you clear a screen, memory, or data. It implies wiping something out so it is gone, rather than opening land or removing objects.

Use 「切り開き」 or 開墾 for clearing land, 「取り払い」 for clearing things away, 交換 for clearing checks, and 消去 for erasing or deleting data or messages.

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• 切り開ききりひらきclearing (land)
• 開墾かいこんcultivating new land
• 取り払いとりはらいremoving
• 交換こうかんexchange
• 消去しょうきょerasure
• クリアリングclearing
• オープンスペースopen space
• 仕拵えしこしらえpreparation (e.g. of land for tilling)
• 飛越ひえつjumping over (a hurdle)
• 消し込みけしこみreconciliation (accounting)
• 通過つうかpassing (an examination, inspection, etc.)
• 広場ひろばopen space
• クリアclearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.)
• ツンとpopping (of ears)