How to say "accounts" in Japanese

• 帳面面ちょうめんづら
  nounCovers accounts in the sense of the physical books or record sheets in which entries are kept. A less common word; it is usually not the first choice for 'accounts', and alternatives are often preferred.
• 数理すうりCommon
  nounCovers accounts as figures or numerical reckoning rather than as books. A common word whose core sense is arithmetic and calculation, so it fits when 'accounts' refers to numbers being worked out.

Use 帳面面 for the written books or record sheets of a business, and 数理 for accounts as figures or calculations; 数理 is the more common word, though it leans toward arithmetic and numerical reckoning.

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• 帳面面ちょうめんづらaccounts
• 数理すうりarithmetic