1.
notebook; account book; ledger
A bound book used for writing records, accounts, or notes. Somewhat old-fashioned as a standalone word, but very common in the compound 几帳面.
帳面に記録をつける。
To keep records in a notebook.
祖母は家計の帳面を毎日つけていた。
My grandmother kept household account books every day.
古い帳面を整理していたら、昔の記録が出てきた。
While organizing old account books, records from long ago came up.
A somewhat old-fashioned word for a notebook or ledger. In modern Japanese, ノート} is more commonly used for general notebooks. However, {帳面 remains important as part of the very common word 几帳面 (meticulous, precise).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 帳面をつける: to keep records in a book
- 家計帳面: household account book
- 帳面を開く: to open a ledger
RELATED WORDS:
- 几帳面: meticulous, methodical, precise — a very common na-adjective derived from this word (originally from the neat pleats of a 几帳, a folding screen)
- 帳簿: account book, ledger — the standard modern term for financial records
- 通帳: passbook, bankbook — uses the same 帳 character
ETYMOLOGY:
帳 (register, ledger) + 面 (surface, page).