Translation guide
An invoice is a document requesting payment for goods or services. In Japanese business contexts, the most common term is 請求書 (seikyūsho).
A document sent to request payment for products or services.
The standard term for an invoice or bill in business. Used when a seller formally requests payment from a buyer.
To send an invoice or bill someone.
To issue an invoice. The most natural way to express the action of invoicing.
月末に請求書を発行します。
We issue invoices at the end of the month.
Referring to specific parts of an invoice.
Invoice number. Used in formal correspondence.
請求書番号1234についてお問い合わせです。
I have an inquiry regarding invoice number 1234.
An invoice (請求書) is a request for payment, while a receipt (領収書, ryōshūsho) is proof of payment. Using the wrong term can cause accounting confusion.
In Japanese, a detailed statement of account is 計算書 (keisansho) or 明細書 (meisaisho). An invoice is specifically a payment request.
請求書を送ってください。
Please send the invoice.
請求書の金額を確認しました。
I checked the amount on the invoice.
Loanword from English, used in international trade or when referring to a commercial invoice. Less common in domestic contexts.
インボイス番号を教えてください。
Please tell me the invoice number.
A delivery note or statement of delivery, sometimes used as a de facto invoice in simple transactions, but legally distinct.
納品書と請求書は別々に発行されます。
The delivery note and invoice are issued separately.
To bill or charge. A more general verb that can mean 'to invoice' in context.
先月の作業分を請求してもいいですか？
May I invoice for last month's work?
Amount billed or invoiced amount.
請求金額が間違っているようです。
The invoiced amount seems to be incorrect.