小こ遣づかい帳ちょう

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Meanings

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pocket money ledger; allowance record book

A small notebook or ledger used to track personal spending, especially by children managing their allowance.

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As a child, I learned to manage money by keeping a pocket money ledger.

小こ遣づかい帳ちょうをつけるto keep a pocket money ledger
毎まい月つき、小こ遣づかい帳ちょうをつけるようにしている。
I make a point of keeping an allowance ledger every month.
小こ遣づかい帳ちょうに〈事こと〉を記き録ろくするto record something in the allowance ledger
買かったお菓か子しの値ね段だんを小こ遣づかい帳ちょうに記き録ろくした。
I recorded the price of the snacks I bought in my allowance ledger.

家か計けい簿ぼ
家計簿 tracks a whole household's income and expenses, while 小遣い帳 records just one person's (often a child's) allowance spending.
出すい納とう簿ぼ
出納簿 is a formal cash book used for tracking business or organizational money in and out, whereas 小遣い帳 is a simple personal ledger for a child's allowance.

小こ遣づかいN3
小遣い is the pocket money itself, while 小遣い帳 is the notebook used to record how that money is spent.

小こ遣づかい帳ちょう
Standard spelling with full okurigana.
小こ遣づかい帳ちょう
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; less common but still encountered.

Compound of 小遣い (pocket money) and 帳 (ledger, notebook).