How to say "liquidation" in Japanese

• 解消かいしょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThis word is really about cancellation, resolution and reduction, as of stress; 'liquidation' is only a marginal rendering, and it is seldom the word you want for the financial sense.
  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.
• 換金かんきんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers liquidation in the sense of converting goods or assets into money — realizing holdings as cash — rather than winding up a business.
• 完済かんさいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbLiquidation here means full payment: used when a debt or loan has been paid off completely, not for selling assets or winding up a company.
  私の友人ゆうじんはやっと借金しゃっきんを完済かんさいした。↗

  My friend got rid of his debt.
• 整理せいりJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers liquidation as clearing or settling matters, debt above all — settlement and consolidation rather than the formal winding-up of a company.
• 清算せいさんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe direct equivalent for liquidation itself — winding up a company's affairs and settling its accounts; when you mean liquidation plain and simple, this is the word to reach for.

Choose 清算 for liquidation proper, 完済 for paying a debt off in full, 整理 for clearing or sorting out debts, 換金 for turning goods into cash, and 解消 mainly for resolving or cancelling things, not financial liquidation.

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• 解消かいしょうcancellation
• 換金かんきんrealization (of goods into money)
• 完済かんさいfull payment
• 残務整理ざんむせいりliquidation (of a company)
• 手仕舞いてじまいclearing of accounts
• 投げ物なげものsacrifice goods
• 整理せいりliquidation
• 清算せいさんliquidation