閻えん魔ま帳ちょう

noun

teacher's grade book; teacher's mark book

Colloquial term for a teacher's record of student grades, attendance, or behavior. Often carries a slightly ominous or humorous tone, likening the teacher to Enma, the judge of the dead.

• 先せん生せいが閻えん魔ま帳ちょうを開ひらいて、誰だれが宿しゅく題だいを忘わすれたかチェックした。

  The teacher opened the grade book and checked who had forgotten their homework.

• あの先せん生せいの閻えん魔ま帳ちょうには、生せい徒との細こまかい行こう動どうまで記き録ろくされているらしい。

  I heard that teacher's mark book even records students' minor behaviors.

noun

book of sins; Enma's ledger

In Buddhist belief, the record in which King Enma notes the good and evil deeds of the living, used to judge them after death. This is the original, literal meaning.

See also: 閻魔

• 閻えん魔ま帳ちょうには生せい前ぜんの行おこないがすべて記しるされていると信しんじられていた。

  It was believed that all of one's deeds in life were recorded in Enma's ledger.