How to say "bill" in Japanese

• 札さつJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Covers 'bill' as paper money: the banknotes you carry as cash, such as a thousand-yen bill, as opposed to coins.
  １０００円えん札さつをくずしていただけませんか。↗

  Could you break a 1,000 yen note?
• 法案ほうあんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'bill' in the legal sense: a draft law submitted to the legislature for debate and a vote, as in a bill passed by the Diet.
  その法ほう案あんはついに通過つうかした。↗

  The bill at last went through.
• 証券しょうけんCommon
  nounThe financial 'bill': a document or security representing a right to money, such as a bond or certificate. A finance term, not the word for a restaurant check.
  彼女かのじょは例れいの金かねのインチキ証券しょうけん商法しょうほうに引ひっかかり持ち金もちがねのほとんどを失うしなってしまった。↗

  She was taken in by that fake gold certificate scandal and lost most of her money.
• 払いはらいCommon
  nounEssentially 'payment': the act of paying or settling an account. For the bill itself — the check brought to your table — it is seldom the word you want.
  これは、会社かいしゃ払はらいだ。↗

  Charge this to my company.
• くちばしJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe 'bill' of a bird: the hard, pointed beak used for pecking. Usually written in kana alone rather than with kanji.
  きつつきは、長ながく尖とがったくちばしで、木きの幹みきをつついて、中なかにいる虫むしを食たべます。↗

  Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.

Choose by sense: paper money is 札, a proposed law is 法案, a financial security is 証券, a bird's beak is 「くちばし」, and 「払い」 means payment rather than the check itself.

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• 札さつbanknote
• 法案ほうあんbill (law)
• 証券しょうけんbond
• 払いはらいpayment
• くちばしbeak
• 紙幣しへいpaper money
• 付け出しつけだしbill
• 請求書せいきゅうしょbill
• つけbill
• お会計おかいけいbill (at a restaurant)
• 代金だいきんprice
• 手形てがたdraft
• 掛け金かけきんinstallment
• ビルbill
• びらbill
• 勘定書きかんじょうがきbill
• 勘定書かんじょうしょbill
• お勘定おかんじょうbill (e.g. at a restaurant)
• お札おさつbanknote
• 銀行券ぎんこうけんbanknote
• 精算書せいさんしょstatement of accounts
• 案あんidea
• 法律案ほうりつあん(legislative) bill
• 会計かいけいbill (at a restaurant)
• 勘定かんじょうbill
• かけmoney owed on an account
• 書き出しかきだしwritten claim
• 書付かきつけbill
• お愛想おあいそbill (at a restaurant)
• 愛想あいそbill (at a restaurant)
• チェック(restaurant) bill