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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

決けっ算さん

kessan

closing of accounts, financial results

Example sentences

  1. その会社かいしゃは毎年3月まいとしさんがつに決算けっさんをする。

    The company closes its books at the end of March.

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  2. 決算けっさん報告ほうこくを申もうし上あげます。

    We will now report on this year’s business results.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 一方いっぽうで、政府せいふの手厚てあつい保護ほごを受うけていたとはいえ、日本鉄道にっぽんてつどうが好調こうちょうな決算けっさんを発表はっぴょうすると、各地かくちで私設鉄道設立しせつてつどうせつりつブームが起おこった。

    Meanwhile, even though Nippon Railway had received a careful protection from the government, the boom to build private railways started across Japan when Nippon Railway announced its positive financial statements.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 決算

  • 決decide; fixOnケツKunきめる・きまる・さく
  • 算calculate; diviningOnサンKunそろ

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