清せい算さん

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

Meanings

settlement; clearing of accounts

Financial settlement: paying off debts, squaring accounts, or clearing financial obligations.

Liquidation of a company or assets; winding up financial affairs.

ending a relationship; breaking up; burying the past

Figurative use: putting an end to a personal relationship, settling emotional accounts, or moving on from the past.

〈物もの〉を清せい算さんするto pay off/settle (a debt)
彼かれは長なが年ねんの借しゃっ金きんをようやく清せい算さんした。
He finally paid off his long-standing debt.
会かい社しゃを清せい算さんするto liquidate a company
経けい営えい難なんのため会かい社しゃを清せい算さんすることになった。
Due to financial trouble, the company had to be liquidated.
過か去こを清せい算さんするto settle accounts with one's past; put the past behind one
彼かれは過か去こを清せい算さんして新あたらしい人じん生せいを始はじめた。
He put his past behind him and started a new life.
〈相あい手て〉との関かん係けいを清せい算さんするto end a relationship with someone
彼かの女じょは元もと恋こい人びととの関かん係けいを清せい算さんした。
She ended her relationship with her ex-boyfriend.

決けっ済さい sense 1
決済 refers to settling a specific transaction or payment, while 清算 can cover broader clearing of all debts or accounts.
完かん済さい sense 1
完済 specifically means paying off a debt in full, whereas 清算 more broadly means settling or clearing accounts (which may include partial arrangements).
解かい散さんN3sense 2
解散 refers to the legal dissolution of a company, while 清算 is the process of winding up its financial affairs, and the two often occur together.
解かい消しょうN3sense 3
解消 means to dissolve or cancel something like a relationship or contract, while 清算 emphasizes settling accounts—financial or emotional—before ending it.

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整せい理りN4
清算 specifically means settling accounts or debts in full, while 整理 in this sense covers the broader process of sorting out and consolidating obligations.
済すますN2
清算する is a formal term for settling accounts or debts, while 済ます can be used more casually for paying off or settling any obligation.
後あと始し末まつN1
清算 refers specifically to settling accounts or debts (often financial), while 後始末 covers settling any kind of mess or problem, not just money matters.

精せい算さんN3sense 1
精算 (same pronunciation) means calculating and adjusting an exact amount, such as a fare adjustment, while 清算 means clearing debts or ending a relationship.
清せい掃そうN2
清算 (settling accounts, liquidation) shares the kanji 清 and a similar sound with 清掃, but has nothing to do with cleaning.
青せい酸さん
青酸 (a deadly poison, hydrocyanic acid) and 清算 (settling accounts or liquidating a debt) are unrelated in meaning but share the exact same reading せいさん.

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生せい産さんN4
生産 (production) and 清算 (liquidation, clearing debts) share the same pronunciation but mean very different things.
成せい算さんN1
清算 (liquidation, settling debts) shares the same pronunciation as 成算 (prospects of success) but refers to a completely different concept.

From 清 (clear, pure) and 算 (calculate), literally 'clear calculation', referring to settling accounts or clearing up matters.