Translation guide
The field or practice of recording, summarizing, and reporting financial transactions. In Japanese, the most common equivalent is 会計 (kaikei), but the appropriate term depends on context: academic study, professional practice, or specific types of accounting.
Referring to accounting as a discipline, profession, or the department in a company.
The most common and versatile term for accounting. Can refer to the field, the act of accounting, or an accounting department.
He works in accounting.
Please contact the accounting department.
Often used for the administrative or bookkeeping side of accounting within a company. More focused on internal financial management.
Do you have experience in accounting?
Specifically refers to accounting as an academic discipline or the study of accounting.
I majored in accounting at university.
The process of keeping financial records, preparing statements, or doing the books.
Bookkeeping, the act of recording transactions in ledgers. Common for small business or personal accounting.
Doing the bookkeeping every day is tough.
Accounting procedures or processing of financial transactions, often used in a business context.
We want to streamline accounting procedures.
When 'accounting' means giving an explanation or being held accountable, not financial.
会計 (kaikei) is broader and can refer to the entire field of accounting, including financial reporting and auditing. 経理 (keiri) is more about internal bookkeeping and administrative accounting within a company. In many business settings, 経理部 is the accounting department that handles day-to-day transactions, while 会計 may refer to the overall financial management or the profession.
I work at an accounting firm.
I was assigned to the accounting department.
The English word 'accounting' can mean giving an explanation or being held responsible. In Japanese, 会計 only refers to financial accounting. For non-financial contexts, use 説明 (setsumei) or phrases like 責任を取る (sekinin o toru).
She studied accounting in college.
Our accounting department is on the third floor.
He gave a detailed accounting of the expenses.
Management must give an accounting for the failure.