帳ちょう尻じりが合あう

expression, godan verb (-u)

balance accounts; accounts tally

Financial sense: the books balance, debits and credits match. Used in accounting contexts.

• 決けっ算さんで帳ちょう尻じりが合あわなくて、一ひと晩ばん中じゅう調しらべた。

  The accounts didn't balance at settlement, so I checked all night.

expression, godan verb (-u)

even out; balance out; come out even

Idiomatic extension: things work out evenly in the end, often despite earlier imbalance. Used for situations, stories, or personal affairs.

• 前ぜん半はんは負まけていたけど、後こう半はんで帳ちょう尻じりが合あった。

  We were losing in the first half, but things evened out in the second half.

• 彼かれの話はなしはいつも最さい後ごに帳ちょう尻じりが合あうようにできている。

  His stories always seem to balance out in the end.