別会計(べつかいけい)

べつかいけい
noun
separate checks; splitting the bill
1. separate checks; paying separately
a payment arrangement where each person pays for their own order rather than splitting evenly or one person paying
別会計(べつかいけい)でお願(ねが)いします。
Separate checks, please.
今日(きょう)は別会計(べつかいけい)にしよう。
Let's pay separately today.
このお店(みせ)は別会計(べつかいけい)ができません。
This restaurant doesn't allow separate checks.

COMPOUND:
別(べつ) (separate) + 会計(かいけい) (bill, check)

RELATED PAYMENT EXPRESSIONS:

  • 割(わ)り勘(かん) - splitting the bill evenly
  • 奢(おご)る / ご馳走(ちそう)する - to treat someone
  • 自分(じぶん)持(も)ち - paying for oneself
  • 別々(べつべつ)に払(はら)う - to pay separately

CULTURAL NOTE:
In Japan, asking for separate checks can sometimes be difficult at busy restaurants. The more common approach is for one person to pay and then settle up later, or to split evenly (割(わ)り勘(かん)).

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Added 2026.1.27 12:47
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