帳ちょう簿ぼ

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Meanings

A book or record where financial transactions are systematically recorded; used in business, accounting, and bookkeeping contexts.

毎まい月つきの売うり上あげを帳ちょう簿ぼに記き入にゅうする。
I record the monthly sales in the account book.
税ぜい務む署しょに帳ちょう簿ぼを提てい出しゅつしなければならない。
We must submit the ledgers to the tax office.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を帳ちょう簿ぼに記き録ろくするto record something in the ledger
毎まい日にちの売うり上あげを帳ちょう簿ぼに記き録ろくしている。
We record daily sales in the ledger.
帳ちょう簿ぼを管かん理りするto manage/maintain the account books
経けい理り部ぶが会かい社しゃの帳ちょう簿ぼを管かん理りしている。
The accounting department manages the company's ledgers.
帳ちょう簿ぼを照しょう合ごうするto reconcile the account books
月げつ末まつに帳ちょう簿ぼを照しょう合ごうして間ま違ちがいを探さがす。
At the end of the month, we reconcile the books to find any errors.
帳ちょう簿ぼを改かいざんするto falsify the account books
その会かい社しゃは税ぜい金きんを逃のがれるために帳ちょう簿ぼを改かいざんしていた。
The company had falsified its books to evade taxes.

Expressions

帳ちょう簿ぼに付つけるenter in an account book; record in the books

Kanji

帳notebook, account book, album
簿register, record book

Related words

台だい帳ちょう
台帳 often refers to a master registry or list (e.g., of assets or members), while 帳簿 emphasizes records of financial transactions.
会かい計けい帳ちょう簿ぼ
会計帳簿 is the formal legal/accounting term for a company's books, while 帳簿 is the everyday, more general word for any ledger.
元もと帳ちょう
元帳 is the technical accounting term for the general ledger where all accounts are finally posted, while 帳簿 is the everyday word covering any record book.
家か計けい簿ぼ
帳簿 is a general term for any account ledger (often used for businesses), while 家計簿 specifically means a household's own income-and-expense record.
帳ちょうN2
帳簿 specifically means an account book or ledger for financial records, while 帳 is the broader term that can refer to any kind of bound record book.

Don't confuse with

簿ぼ記き
簿記 means the practice or skill of bookkeeping, whereas 帳簿 is the physical or digital book itself where entries are kept.
帳ちょう消けし
帳簿 means an account ledger (the book itself), while 帳消し means erasing an entry from such a ledger, i.e. writing off a debt.
記き帳ちょう
帳簿 is the ledger or account book itself, while 記帳 is the act of writing an entry into such a book.

Counted with

冊さつN1
帳簿 is counted with 冊, the standard counter for bound books.

Word family

帳ちょう簿ぼ外がい
off-book; off-the-books
裏うら帳ちょう簿ぼ
secret accounts; second set of books
二に重じゅう帳ちょう簿ぼ
dual bookkeeping; two sets of books
会かい計けい帳ちょう簿ぼ
account book; ledger
帳ちょう簿ぼ価か格かく
book value
電でん子し帳ちょう簿ぼ
electronic ledger

Etymology

Compound of 帳 (register, notebook) and 簿 (record book). Both kanji carry the sense of written records, and the word has been used in Japanese for centuries to refer to account books.