決けっ算さん

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決算する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	決けっ算さんする	決けっ算さんしない
Polite	決けっ算さんします	決けっ算さんしません
Past polite	決けっ算さんしました	決けっ算さんしませんでした
Past	決けっ算さんした	決けっ算さんしなかった
Te-form	決けっ算さんして	決けっ算さんしないで
Desire	決けっ算さんしたい	決けっ算さんしたくない
Potential	決けっ算さんできる	決けっ算さんできない
Passive	決けっ算さんされる	決けっ算さんされない
Causative	決けっ算さんさせる	決けっ算さんさせない
Causative passive	決けっ算さんさせられる	決けっ算さんさせられない
Volitional	決けっ算さんしよう
Polite volitional	決けっ算さんしましょう
Imperative	決けっ算さんしろ	決けっ算さんするな
Conditional	決けっ算さんすれば	決けっ算さんしなければ
Tara conditional	決けっ算さんしたら	決けっ算さんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

settlement of accounts; financial results; closing the books

Refers to the process of finalizing accounts at the end of a fiscal period, or the resulting financial figures. Often used in business and accounting contexts.

今こん期きの決けっ算さんは来らい月げつ発はっ表ぴょうされる。
This term's financial results will be announced next month.
経けい理り部ぶは月げつ末まつに決けっ算さんを行おこなう。
The accounting department settles the accounts at the end of the month.
決けっ算さん書しょ類るいを監かん査さ法ほう人じんに提てい出しゅつした。
We submitted the financial statements to the auditing firm.

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Usage patterns

決けっ算さんを発はっ表ぴょうするto announce financial results
来らい月げつ、上かみ半はん期きの決けっ算さんを発はっ表ぴょうする予よ定ていです。
The first-half financial results are scheduled to be announced next month.
決けっ算さんを締しめるto close the books (finalize accounts)
この会かい社しゃは3月がつ末まつに決けっ算さんを締しめる。
This company closes its books at the end of March.
決けっ算さんが好こう調ちょうだfinancial results are strong
今こん期きの決けっ算さんは好こう調ちょうだった。
This period's financial results were strong.
決けっ算さん期きを迎むかえるto reach the end of the fiscal period
多おおくの日本にほん企き業ぎょうは3月がつに決けっ算さん期きを迎むかえる。
Many Japanese companies reach the end of their fiscal period in March.

Kanji

決decide, fix, agree upon
算calculate, divining, number

Related words

会かい計けいN3
会計 is the broad term for accounting or bookkeeping (or a restaurant bill), while 決算 refers specifically to the formal settlement of accounts at the end of a fiscal period.
仕し切きり
決算 specifically means closing the books at the end of a fiscal period, while 仕切り (in this sense) more generally means settling or balancing accounts, including single transactions.
総そう決けっ算さん
決算 is the regular, periodic closing of accounts, while 総決算 is a comprehensive or final settlement covering a larger period.
精せい算さんN3
決算 is closing and reporting accounts at the end of a fiscal period, while 精算 is the more everyday act of working out and settling a specific amount.

Opposites

予よ算さんN3
予算 is the planned budget set before a fiscal period, while 決算 is the actual financial results reported after the books are closed.

Don't confuse with

決けっ済さい
決済 sounds and looks similar but means settling a payment or transaction, whereas 決算 means closing the books and reporting overall financial results.
採さい算さんN1
決算 is the formal settlement of accounts done at the end of a fiscal period, while 採算 is the ongoing question of whether something is profitable.

Word family· 14

好こう決けっ算さん
healthy profit; positive earnings
未み決けっ算さん
outstanding account; unsettled account
決けっ算さん日び
settlement day; day of reckoning
決けっ算さん書しょ
financial statement; statement of accounts
決けっ算さん期き
accounting period; settlement period

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総そう決けっ算さん
complete financial statement; final settlement of accounts · summing up; concluding; overall review
単たん独どく決けっ算さん
unconsolidated balance sheet; single-company balance sheet
収しゅう支し決けっ算さん
settlement of accounts; balancing the books
決けっ算さん報ほう告こく
financial statement; settlement report
決けっ算さん短たん信しん
summary of accounts; financial statement summary

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Etymology

Compound of 決 (decide, settle) and 算 (calculate, count). The term has been used in Japanese accounting since the early modern period to refer to the final settlement of accounts.