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    3. 棒引き

    棒引き

    棒ぼう引びき​

    drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.)

    KMT10News #44+1Business & FinanceKanji Vocab20 strokes

    ぼうびき

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.), striking out, crossing out
    2.
    cancellation (of a debt), writing off

    Noun

    3.
    indicating a long vowel with a long-vowel mark, long-vowel mark
    4.
    tug of war played with a pole

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    帳ちょう簿ぼの誤あやまった項こう目もくを棒ぼう引びきした。

    I struck out the incorrect item in the ledger.

    KMT8Business & Finance
    古ふるい貸かし付つけ金きんは棒ぼう引びきとして処しょ理りされた。

    The old loan was processed as a write-off.

    KMT10Business & Finance
    会かい社しゃは不ふ良りょう債さい権けんの棒ぼう引びきを決けっ定ていし、財ざい務む状じょう況きょうを改かい善ぜんした。

    The company decided to write off bad debts, improving its financial situation.

    KMT10Business & Finance
    経けい理り担たん当とう者しゃは、不ふ要ようになったデータを棒ぼう引びきで消しょう去きょした。

    The accounting clerk deleted unnecessary data by striking it out.

    KMT10Business & FinanceWork & Career
    交こう渉しょうの結けっ果か、一いち部ぶの請せい求きゅうが棒ぼう引びきされることになった。

    As a result of negotiations, some of the claims were to be written off.

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    Characters that make up this word

    棒
    rod・stick・cane・pole・club…(1)
    Kanji
    引
    ひ.く・ひ.ける…(5)
    pull・tug・jerk・admit・install…(2)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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