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帳面面 (choumenzura) Japanese meaning: accounts | Kotomora

帳ちょう面めん面づら

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Meanings

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accounts; the books

Rare, old-fashioned term for account books or ledgers. Modern Japanese typically uses 帳簿 (ちょうぼ) or 会計帳簿.

古ふるい商しょう家かでは、帳ちょう面めん面づらに毎まい日にちの売うり上あげを記き録ろく

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In old merchant houses, they recorded daily sales in the account books.

Kanji

帳notebook, account book, album
面mask, face, features

Related words

帳ちょう簿ぼ
Standard modern word for account books or ledgers; 帳面面 is a rare, archaic synonym.

Built from

帳ちょう面めん+面めん

Written forms

帳ちょう面めん面づら
Obscure kanji spelling; the word is rare and the kanji form is not commonly encountered.
帳ちょう面めんづら
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; equally rare.

Etymology

Compound of 帳面 (ちょうめん, 'account book') and 面 (づら, 'surface' or 'appearance'), literally 'the face of the account book'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is now rare.