経理|けいりkeiri[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounaccounting; administration (of money)

• Synonym会計かいけいNeutralRefers to accounting and settling accounts, and also to paying the bill, as in 「お会計」; 「経理」 centers on an organization's internal financial affairs or department.
• SynonymアカウンティングNeutralA loanword covering accounting and accounting studies; in everyday workplace Japanese, 「経理」 is the word people use.
• Related簿記ぼきNeutralThe technique of recording transactions in books by set rules, as in 「簿記検定」; 「経理」 is overall financial management.
• Related会計学かいけいがくWrittenWritten/formal prose: the academic discipline that studies accounting; 「経理」 is the actual financial work.
• Related会計業務WrittenWritten/formal prose: concrete accounting tasks and duties; 「経理」 can also refer to the department itself.

For a company's financial affairs or department, say 「経理」, as in 「経理部」. Use 「簿記」 for the bookkeeping technique, 「会計」 for paying the bill, as at a restaurant, and 「会計学」 for accounting as a field of study.

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1. 会計かいけいや給料計算きゅうりょうけいさん、金銭きんせん・財産ざいさん管理かんりなどを行おこなう事務じむ。計理けいり。
2. 治おさめ、整ととのえること。