帳消し

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
on'yomi kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(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

(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

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

Conjugation

References

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