ご破は算さん

noun

starting over; going back to square one; calling off

Used when a plan, calculation, or effort is abandoned and reset to zero. Often appears in the phrase ご破算にする or ご破算になる.

• 計けい画かくがうまくいかず、すべてご破は算さんになった。

  The plan didn't work out, and everything went back to square one.

• 交こう渉しょうはご破は算さんにして、最さい初しょからやり直なおそう。

  Let's call off the negotiations and start over from scratch.

noun

clearing an abacus

Original literal meaning: resetting an abacus to zero by clearing all beads. Now mainly a historical or explanatory sense.

• そろばんのご破は算さんは、すべての珠たまを払はらってゼロに戻もどすことです。

  Clearing an abacus means moving all the beads back to zero.