How to say "settlement" in Japanese

• 解決かいけつJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers settlement in the sense of resolving a dispute, conflict, or problem. Use it for settling disagreements, lawsuits, or issues, emphasizing that the matter has been brought to a conclusion.
  その問題もんだいはまだ解決かいけつされていない。↗

  The problem is not settled yet.
• 確定かくていJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbSuits settlement in the sense of something being fixed or finalized, such as an amount or result being confirmed. It is really about establishment or confirmation rather than the process of settling.
  月曜げつようまでに確定かくてい見積みつもりが必要ひつようです。↗

  We need a firm quotation by Monday.
• 決済けっさいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe word for settlement in the financial sense: clearing a payment, account, or debt. Use it for transaction settlement, as in payments or trading.
• 集落しゅうらくCommon
  nounMeans a settlement as a physical place where people live, such as a village or small community. Use it when talking about a habitation site rather than an act of settling.
• 定住ていじゅうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbRefers to settlement as settling down permanently in a place, often tied to permanent residency. Use it for establishing long-term residence, not for resolving disputes or paying accounts.
  その年とし彼かれらはバージニアに定住ていじゅうすることを決きめた。↗

  They decided to settle down in Virginia that year.

Choose 決済 for financial settlement of accounts, 解決 for resolving disputes, 確定 for finalization, 集落 for a settled community, and 定住 for settling permanently in a place.

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• 解決かいけつsettlement
• 確定かくていdecision
• 決済けっさいsettlement (of an account)
• 集落しゅうらくsettlement
• 定住ていじゅうsettlement
• 始末しまつmanagement
• 確立かくりつestablishment
• 弁済べんさいrepayment
• 収まりおさまりconclusion
• 入植にゅうしょくsettlement
• 妥結だけつsettlement
• 後始末あとしまつsettlement (of a matter)
• 村落そんらくvillage
• 租界そかい(foreign) concession (in China)
• 決着けっちゃくconclusion
• 折り合いおりあいagreement (e.g. business, dispute)
• 拓殖たくしょくcolonization
• 沈殿ちんでんprecipitation
• 落とし前おとしまえsettlement (of a dispute)
• 皆済かいさいsettlement
• 後仕舞あとじまいsettlement
• 処決しょけつsettlement
• 入植地にゅうしょくちsettlement (of people on land)
• 和解案わかいあんsettlement
• 手切れ金てぎれきんconsolation money
• 善後処置ぜんごしょちremedial measure
• 締めくくりしめくくりconclusion
• 慰謝料いしゃりょうconsolation money
• 清算せいさん(financial) settlement
• 整理せいりliquidation
• 決まりきまりsettlement
• 勘定かんじょうbill
• まとまりsettlement
• 植民地しょくみんち(Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
• 着地ちゃくちoutcome
• 締まりしまりconclusion