How to say "accounting" in Japanese

• 会計かいけいJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjective, suru verbThe broad, general word for accounting as a field or activity, and for accounts and financial matters generally; it can also refer to settling an account, such as paying a bill.
  会計かいけい係かかりは会計かいけいが不足ふそくしているのがわかった。↗

  The treasurer was short in his accounts.
• 経理けいりCommon
  nounAccounting as a practical business function: handling and administering a company's money — bookkeeping, payments, financial records — the sort of work done by a firm's accounting department.

Use 会計 for accounting in the general sense — the field, accounts, or settling a bill — and 経理 when you mean the accounting work or department that administers a company's money.

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• 会計かいけいaccounting
• 経理けいりaccounting
• アカウンティングaccounting
• 会計処理かいけいしょりaccounting
• 会計学かいけいがく(study of) accounting