相殺|そうさいsousai[0]heiban (flat)
そうさつsousatsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verboffset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; counterbalancing
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, lawset-off; setoff
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbkilling each other
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 相殺する（そうさいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 相殺します（そうさいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 相殺しない（そうさいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 相殺しません（そうさいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 相殺せず・相殺せぬ（そうさいせず・そうさいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 相殺した（そうさいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 相殺しました（そうさいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 相殺しなかった（そうさいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 相殺しませんでした（そうさいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 相殺して（そうさいして） |
| Potential | 相殺できる（そうさいできる） |
| Passive | 相殺される（そうさいされる） |
| Causative | 相殺させる（そうさいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 相殺させられる（そうさいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 相殺すれば（そうさいすれば） |
| tara | 相殺したら（そうさいしたら） |
| Volitional | 相殺しよう（そうさいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 相殺しましょう（そうさいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 相殺しろ（そうさいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related埋め合わせうめあわせNeutralMaking up for a shortfall or a broken promise with something else, often in human relationships, as in 「この埋め合わせはする」. 「相殺」 is two things cancelling each other out.
- Related補償ほしょうNeutralCompensating someone's loss with money: one party pays the other, not a mutual cancelling out as with 「相殺」.
- Related償いつぐないWrittenA written/formal word for atoning for or repaying a wrongdoing, with a moral overtone; it has nothing to do with amounts offsetting each other.
- Related代償だいしょうNeutralThe sacrifice or price paid to achieve something, or paying compensation on someone's behalf; the focus is on the cost, not mutual cancellation.
- Related補いおぎないNeutralFilling in what is missing; a general sense of supplementing, with no nuance of two things cancelling each other out.
- Related償うつぐなうNeutralA verb: to make up for a loss with money or action, or to atone; the making up is one-sided, unlike the mutual offsetting of 「相殺」.
- Related填補てんぽWrittenA written/formal term for filling a deficit or shortage, common in insurance and finance. It is a one-sided making up, not two parties cancelling each other out.
- Related報償ほうしょうWrittenA written/formal and rare word for compensation given in return; seen mostly in 「報償金」.
- Antonym加算かさんNeutralAdding numbers or amounts together — the opposite direction from 「相殺」, which cancels things out and reduces them.
- Antonym累積るいせきNeutralPiling up and building on itself, the opposite direction from the mutual cancelling out of 「相殺」.
Use 「相殺」 when two effects or claims cancel each other out. To make up for a shortfall or a broken promise, use 「埋め合わせ」; to compensate someone for a loss, 「補償」 or the verb 「償う」. The other near-synonyms all describe one-sided making up, atonement, or the price paid, while 「加算」 and 「累積」 point the opposite way — adding and piling up rather than cancelling.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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