清算|せいさんseisan[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; clearing debts
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbliquidation
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbending (a relationship); breaking up (with); burying (the past); redeeming (one's faults)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 清算する（せいさんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 清算します（せいさんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 清算しない（せいさんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 清算しません（せいさんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 清算せず・清算せぬ（せいさんせず・せいさんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 清算した（せいさんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 清算しました（せいさんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 清算しなかった（せいさんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 清算しませんでした（せいさんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 清算して（せいさんして） |
| Potential | 清算できる（せいさんできる） |
| Passive | 清算される（せいさんされる） |
| Causative | 清算させる（せいさんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 清算させられる（せいさんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 清算すれば（せいさんすれば） |
| tara | 清算したら（せいさんしたら） |
| Volitional | 清算しよう（せいさんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 清算しましょう（せいさんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 清算しろ（せいさんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym弁済べんさいWrittenWritten/formal legal term for repaying a debt, as in 「債務の弁済」. 「清算」 is broader, also covering ending a relationship or burying the past.
- Synonym償還しょうかんWrittenUsed for repaying bonds or loans, as in 「国債の償還」. 「清算」 is broader, covering squaring accounts and ending relationships.
- Synonym償却しょうきゃくWrittenUsed for depreciation and amortization, as in 「減価償却」. 「清算」 centers on squaring accounts.
- Synonym皆済かいさいWrittenWritten/formal word for paying something off in full. 「清算」 also covers ending a relationship or the past, not just clearing payments.
- Related和解わかいNeutralNeutral word for parties reconciling or reaching a mediated settlement. 「清算」 centers on squaring accounts and ending a relationship.
- Related決着けっちゃくNeutralNeutral word for a matter being concluded or settled once and for all. 「清算」 centers on squaring accounts.
- Related済ますすますNeutralA verb: to get something done and over with, or to make do without. 「清算」 is a noun focused on settling accounts.
- Related落着らくちゃくWrittenWritten/formal word for an affair settling down or a conclusion being reached. 「清算」 centers on squaring accounts.
- Related解決かいけつNeutralNeutral word for solving a problem or dispute. 「清算」 centers on squaring accounts and ending a relationship.
- Related始末しまつNeutralNeutral word for cleaning up a mess or dealing with the aftermath, as in 「始末をつける」. 「清算」 centers on settling accounts.
- Related締めくくりしめくくりNeutralNeutral word for wrapping up or closing something off, as in 「最後の締めくくり」. 「清算」 centers on settling accounts.
- Related処決しょけつWrittenWritten/formal and rare: handling something decisively. In everyday speech use 「処理」 instead.
- Antonym未決済みけっさいWrittenThe opposite on the settled/unsettled axis: an account that has not yet been paid or cleared.
Use 「清算」 for squaring accounts, liquidating a company, or ending a relationship and burying the past. For repaying a debt pick 「弁済」, for redeeming bonds or loans 「償還」, for cleaning up a mess 「始末」, and for solving a problem 「解決」. The antonym 「未決済」 means an account is still unsettled.
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