台帳|だいちょうdaichou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounaccount book; ledger; register

• Synonym帳簿ちょうぼNeutralThe general word for account books, leaning toward accounting contexts. 「台帳」 is specifically a master register kept as the base record, as in 「土地台帳」.
• Synonym元帳もとちょうWrittenThe general ledger: an accounting term for the book that consolidates every account. More specialized than 「台帳」.
• Synonym原簿げんぼWrittenAn original register or base ledger; formal written language, close to 「台帳」 in sense and used mostly in registration systems.
• Synonym帳面ちょうめんNeutralOriginally a notebook for writing in, but also an account book; 「帳面上は」 means 'on the books'. 「台帳」 refers only to a register kept as a base record.
• Synonym会計帳簿かいけいちょうぼWrittenThe full term for books recording income and outgo, common in accounting and legal texts. 「台帳」 is not limited to money; it also registers land, customers and more.
• Related記録きろくNeutralA broad word for records of any kind (writings, audio, video) that also works as a verb. 「台帳」 is specifically a register compiled as a master record.
• Related名簿めいぼNeutralSpecifically a list of names with addresses and the like. 「台帳」 covers a wider range of entries — land, goods, customers and so on.
• Related調書ちょうしょWrittenA formal document compiling the results of an investigation or interrogation; not a base register or master ledger for recording entries.

Use 「台帳」 for a master register kept as the base record, as in 「土地台帳」 or 「顧客台帳」. For accounting books say 「帳簿」, for the general ledger 「元帳」, for a list of names 「名簿」, and for an interrogation record 「調書」.

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1. 商家しょうかで日々ひびの勘定かんじょうを記録きろくする元帳もとちょう。
2. 記録きろくの土台どだいとなる帳簿ちょうぼ。
3. 歌舞伎かぶきの脚本きゃくほんを筆写ひっしゃしたもの。大おお帳とばり。