Translation guide
A ledger is a book or digital record for keeping financial accounts. In Japanese, the most common word is 台帳 (daichō), but other terms are used depending on the context, such as accounting, banking, or historical records.
A book or digital record for keeping financial accounts, such as in a business or organization.
The most common and general term for a ledger or register. Used in business and administrative contexts.
会計台帳を確認してください。
Please check the accounting ledger.
この台帳にすべての取引を記録します。
We record all transactions in this ledger.
Refers to account books or financial records in general. Often used in accounting contexts.
帳簿をつけるのは大変です。
Keeping the books is tough.
Specifically the general ledger in double-entry bookkeeping. More technical accounting term.
総勘定元帳に転記してください。
Please post to the general ledger.
A record of transactions for a bank account, often a physical book.
Bank passbook or bankbook. Commonly used for personal savings accounts.
銀行で通帳を記帳しました。
I updated my bank passbook at the bank.
An official record or register, such as for land, population, or historical events.
Also used for official registers, such as land registers or family registers.
土地台帳を調べる必要があります。
We need to check the land register.
Specifically a legal register, such as a real estate registry.
A digital record, especially in cryptocurrency or distributed systems.
Also used for digital ledgers, including blockchain. Often combined with 分散 (distributed).
ブロックチェーンは分散台帳技術です。
Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology.
In accounting software, 元帳 refers to the general ledger module.
台帳 is a general ledger or register, used for various records. 帳簿 refers to account books collectively, often in bookkeeping. 元帳 is specifically the general ledger in double-entry accounting.
通帳 is the standard term for a bank passbook. It is still widely used in Japan, even as digital banking grows. You can say 通帳記入 (passbook update) or 通帳アプリ (passbook app).
Deposit passbook; more formal term for a bank passbook.
預金通帳をお持ちですか。
Do you have your deposit passbook?
Please obtain a certified copy of the register.
会計ソフトの元帳を確認する。
Check the general ledger in the accounting software.