How to say "accountant" in Japanese

• 会計士かいけいしCommon
  nounThe usual word for an accountant as a profession, and the standard way to refer to a certified public accountant. Choose this when talking about someone whose occupation is accounting.
  ジェレミは彼かれの会計士かいけいしの一いち次じ試験しけんのためノートを熱心ねっしんに勉強べんきょうしていたよ。↗

  I left Jeremy poring over his notes for his first accountancy exam tomorrow.
• 主計しゅけいCommon
  nounMeans a paymaster or accountant in the sense of a person who keeps accounts within an organization, especially military or government contexts; for ordinary professional accountants, 会計士 is the word you want.

Use 会計士 for a professional accountant, especially a certified one; 主計 means a paymaster or accountant, typically in an administrative or military accounting role, and is rarely the everyday word for 'accountant'.

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• 会計士かいけいしaccountant
• 主計しゅけいpaymaster
• 会計官かいけいかんaccountant
• 会計係かいけいがかりaccountant
• 勘定係かんじょうがかりcashier
• 会計かいけいaccountant