帳ちょう尻じり

noun

closing balance; balance of accounts; bottom line

Accounting term for the closing part of a balance sheet or the final balance of accounts. Also used figuratively for the final result or outcome.

• 今こん月げつの帳ちょう尻じりを合あわせるのに苦く労ろうした。

  I struggled to balance the accounts this month.

• 帳ちょう尻じりが合あわないので、どこかで計けい算さんミスがあるはずだ。

  The bottom line doesn't match, so there must be a calculation error somewhere.

noun

consistency; coherence; making things add up

Figurative extension from the accounting sense. Often used in the phrase 帳尻を合わせる, meaning to make a story or explanation consistent, or to adjust things so they fit together logically.

See also: 帳尻を合わせる

• 彼かれは話はなしの帳ちょう尻じりを合あわせるために、いくつか嘘うそをついた。

  He told a few lies to make his story consistent.

• 後あとから帳ちょう尻じりを合あわせようとしても、もう遅おそい。

  Even if you try to make things add up later, it's already too late.