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“settlement” in Japanese

Japanese

Also精算 (seisan) · 決着 (ketchaku) · 集落 (shūraku)

Romajiseisan

店は月末に勘定の清算をします。mise wa getsu matsu ni kan jō no sei san o shi ma su

The store settles its accounts at the end of the month.

“Settlement” in Japanese is 清算 (seisan).

Expresses the final resolution of financial matters through settling what is owed or disposing of the assets and debts of a closing business.

事業をたたむ前に、会社の資産と負債を清算しました。ji gyō o ta ta mu mae ni gai sha no shi san to fu sai o sei san shi ma shi ta

Before closing the business, we liquidated the company's assets and liabilities.

In modern Japanese, 清算 (seisan) usually concerns settling debts or accounts, while 精算 (seisan) commonly means calculating an exact amount, such as a fare.

seisan

nounsettlement

食事代はレジで精算します。shoku ji dai wa re ji de sei san shi ma su

I settle the meal bill at the register.

ketchaku

nounsettlement

争いに決着がつきました。araso i ni ket chaku ga tsu ki ma shi ta

The dispute has been settled.

shūraku

nounsettlement

山の集落には家が十軒あります。yama no shū raku ni wa ie ga jū ken a ri ma su

The mountain settlement has ten houses.