How to say "elimination" in Japanese

• 削除さくじょJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers elimination as deletion: removing text, files, data, or entries so they no longer exist. Think of deleting a sentence or a document, not of driving out a rival or pest.
  「百八ひゃくはちといえば煩悩ぼんのうの数かずだ」「お兄にいちゃんはどんな煩悩ぼんのうがあるの？」「言いってもいいが、検閲けんえつ削除さくじょになるぞ」↗

  "Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions." "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."
• 排除はいじょJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbElimination in the sense of exclusion or removal: pushing out an obstacle, an unwanted factor, or a possibility so it no longer interferes. The emphasis is on keeping something out rather than erasing it.
  これらの人々ひとびとがコミュニティから排除はいじょされたのだと考かんがえることは非ひ合理的ごうりてきだとは言いえない。↗

  It is not unreasonable to think that these people were excluded from the community.
• 退治たいじJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbElimination as extermination: wiping out pests, vermin, or villains that cause harm. When English 'elimination' means getting rid of mosquitoes or rats for good, this is the word you want.
  彼かれはありを退治たいじしようと思おもった。↗

  He tried to get rid of the ants.
• 消去しょうきょJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbElimination as erasure: making data, images, or memories disappear, as in clearing stored files or eliminating wrong answers one by one. The focus is on something vanishing rather than being expelled.
• 失格しっかくJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verbReally 'disqualification': elimination only when a person is barred from or knocked out of a competition. It never applies to eliminating objects, data, or pests, so it is seldom the word you want outside contests.
  彼女かのじょは２度どのフライングで失格しっかくした。↗

  She was disqualified from the race for two false starts.

Choose by what is being eliminated: written or digital content calls for 削除 or 消去, obstacles or unwanted factors for 排除, pests or villains for 退治, and a competitor's removal from a contest for 失格.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 削除さくじょdeletion
• 排除はいじょexclusion
• 退治たいじextermination
• 消去しょうきょerasure
• 失格しっかくdisqualification
• 廃絶はいぜつabolition
• 淘汰とうたweeding out
• エリミネーションelimination (esp. from a tournament)
• 除却じょきゃくexclusion
• 消除しょうじょdeletion
• 消去法しょうきょほう(process of) elimination
• 追放ついほうelimination (e.g. of poverty)
• 脱離だつりelimination