チャラ

noun

cancelling a debt; forgiving a debt; being even

Colloquial term for wiping the slate clean financially, often used in phrases like チャラにする (to call it even).

• この前まえ貸がしした金かねはチャラにしてやるよ。

  I'll forget about the money I lent you the other day.

• おごってもらったから、これでチャラね。

  You treated me, so we're even now.

noun

forgetting what was said or done; pretending something never happened

Colloquial extension: treating a past remark or incident as if it never happened, often in the phrase チャラにする.

• さっきの失しつ言げんはチャラにしてくれ。

  Forget what I just said—pretend it never happened.

• 喧けん嘩かのことはもうチャラにしよう。

  Let's just forget about the fight.