原簿|げんぼgenbo[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounledger; original record; register
    事務員じむいんは原簿げんぼに記入きにゅうした。↗
    The clerk made an entry in his ledger.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym台帳だいちょうNeutralNeutral word for a register or ledger, e.g. 「固定資産台帳」; leans toward registration and management use rather than the original-record sense of 「原簿」.
  • Related出納簿すいとうぼWrittenWritten register. Records money coming in and going out — a cashbook, centred on cash movements; 「原簿」 is the original register on which records are based.
  • Related元帳もとちょうWrittenWritten term for the accounting ledger that brings all transactions together in one place; in this accounting sense it matches 「原簿」.
  • Related会計帳簿かいけいちょうぼFormalFormal umbrella term for account books used in bookkeeping, with legal and tax overtones; covers 「原簿」 rather than naming one specific book.

For the accounting general ledger say 「元帳」; for the original register that records are based on, as in 「登記原簿」 or 「株主名簿の原簿」, say 「原簿」; for a register use 「台帳」, and for cash books 「出納簿」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 何なんかの元もととなる帳簿ちょうぼ。
  2. 会計かいけい帳簿ちょうぼの元帳もとちょうのこと。
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