帳消し

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
on'yomi kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ちょう)() (chōkeshi

  1. writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books
    負債(ふさい)帳消(ちょうけ)にするしかなかった。
    Fusai wa chōkeshi ni suru shika nakatta.
    We had to write off the debt.
  2. cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for); offsetting; undoing; wiping out
    地上(ちじょう)空費(くうひ)される時間(じかん)飛行機(ひこうき)(はや)さという有利(ゆうり)(てん)帳消(ちょうけ)にしてしまう。
    Chijō de kūhisareru jikan ga hikōki no hayasa toiu yūri na ten o chōkeshi ni shiteshimau.
    Hours lost on the ground cancel out the advantage of speed in the air.

Verb

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(ちょう)()する (chōkeshi surusuru (stem (ちょう)() (chōkeshi shi), past (ちょう)()した (chōkeshi shita))

  1. writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books
  2. cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for); offsetting; undoing; wiping out

Usage notes

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Often used in the pattern of 帳消しにする or 帳消しになる

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN