Illustration: Inside a small workshop that has closed, two former business partners divide the remaining cash from an almost empty cashbox into separate payment trays for the people seated opposite them. The shelves are bare, equipment has been packed for removal, and the shop keys rest on the table.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

清せい算さん

seisan

to settle accounts, to clear debts

For paying a bill, 精算 is more usual. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしがあなたに1ドル払はらえば清算せいさんがつく。

    If I pay you a dollar, we’ll be even.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 当時とうじの農業生産のうぎょうせいさんは不安定ふあんていであり、こうした年としごとの清算せいさん業務ぎょうむは欠かかせないものであった。

    Agricultural production was unstable at the time, so this kind of annual settlement of accounts was essential.

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

  3. 又先代またせんだいの負債ふさいをすべて清算せいさんし君父くんぷの恩おんに報むくいた。

    He also repaid his lord and father’s kindness by clearing debt of the late proprietor.

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

Kanji in 清算

  • 清pure; purifyOnセイ・ショウ・シンKunきよい・きよまる・きよめる
  • 算calculate; diviningOnサンKunそろ

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