noun
accounts; the books
Rare, old-fashioned term for account books or ledgers. Modern Japanese typically uses 帳簿 (ちょうぼ) or 会計帳簿.
古い商家では、帳面面に毎日の売り上げを記録していた。
In old merchant houses, they recorded daily sales in the account books.
Standard modern word for account books or ledgers; 帳面面 is a rare, archaic synonym.
Compound of 帳面 (ちょうめん, 'account book') and 面 (づら, 'surface' or 'appearance'), literally 'the face of the account book'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is now rare.