Translation guide
The English word "reckoning" can refer to a calculation, a settling of accounts, a moment of judgment, or a final confrontation. This guide helps learners express these ideas naturally in Japanese.
To express the act of calculating, estimating, or figuring something out.
The most common and neutral word for calculation or reckoning. Can be used for mathematical calculations or estimating something.
By his reckoning, profits should increase.
That reckoning is wrong.
Refers to an estimate or rough calculation, often used in business or planning contexts.
By my reckoning, the cost is about one million yen.
A somewhat old-fashioned or literary term for reckoning or figuring out a plan, often involving money or resources.
To work out the reckoning of funds.
To express the idea of settling accounts, paying what is owed, or balancing the books.
Means settlement of accounts, liquidation, or clearing debts. Can also be used metaphorically for settling past issues.
We settle accounts at the end of the month.
Specifically refers to financial settlement or closing of accounts, often used in business contexts.
To express a moment of judgment, especially in a moral, religious, or dramatic sense.
Literally 'the last judgment', used in Christian contexts but also metaphorically for a final reckoning.
He believes in the final reckoning.
Means retribution, reward, or consequence, often used in the sense of getting what one deserves.
Judgment or refereeing; can be used in a metaphorical sense for a decisive reckoning.
Literally 'day of judgment', a more dramatic or religious term.
The day of reckoning is near.
To express a final confrontation or settling of a dispute, often with a sense of inevitable conflict.
Means to settle a matter, bring something to a conclusion, or have a showdown.
The time has finally come for them to have a reckoning.
Confrontation or showdown, often used in dramatic or competitive contexts.
A rough or slangy phrase meaning to settle a score or take responsibility, often used in yakuza or tough-guy contexts.
I'll make you pay for this. (lit. I'll have you settle the reckoning.)
The English word 'reckoning' is often used in idiomatic or dramatic phrases like 'day of reckoning' or 'final reckoning'. Directly translating these word-for-word into Japanese can sound unnatural. Use the phrases provided above depending on the nuance you want to convey.
A reckoning of the past is necessary.
年度末の決算を行う。
We perform the year-end reckoning.
An idiomatic phrase meaning to make accounts balance or to make things add up, often used figuratively.
He's always good at making the reckoning balance.
悪事の報いを受ける時が来た。
The time of reckoning for his misdeeds has come.
歴史の審判が下される。
History's reckoning will be delivered.
宿敵との対決が迫っている。
A reckoning with his arch-enemy is imminent.