精算する

• 読み: せいさんする
• ローマ字: seisan suru
• 漢字の分解: 精 (sei/shou) — precise, refined; 算 (san) — calculate, count
• 発音: /seː.saɴ.sɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To settle an account; to pay off; to adjust a fare. To calculate and pay the exact amount owed.

A suru-verb commonly encountered in transportation and business contexts. At train stations, 精算機 (seisanki, fare adjustment machine) is used when a passenger needs to pay an additional fare. In the workplace, 経費精算 (keihi seisan, expense settlement) is the process of submitting and reimbursing business expenses. Distinct from 清算 (seisan, liquidation/settling of debts), which has a broader and more final meaning.

例文

1. 改札で乗り越し料金を精算した。
2. 出張の交通費は月末にまとめて精算する。
3. レジで割り勘の差額を精算してもらった。

使い方ガイド

場面: transportation, business, finance

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 精 (sei, precise/refined) + 算 (san, calculate). Literally 'precise calculation' — settling accounts down to the exact amount.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal