noun
public accountant (historical Japanese qualification)
Refers to the former Japanese professional qualification for public accountants, replaced by 公認会計士 (certified public accountant) after the 1948 CPA Act. Now a historical term.
戦前は計理士の資格が会計専門職として認められていた。
Before the war, the qualification of keirishi was recognized as an accounting profession.
祖父は若い頃に計理士の試験に合
I heard that my grandfather passed the keirishi exam when he was young.
The modern Japanese certified public accountant qualification that replaced 計理士.
Compound of 計理 (keiri, 'accounting') + 士 (shi, 'professional'). The term was used for a licensed public accountant under the pre-1948 system.