(ちょうめん)

ちょうめん
noun
notebook; account book; ledger
tool
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(きちょうめん).
帳面(ちょうめん)記録(きろく)つける
To keep records in a notebook.
My grandmother kept household account books every day.
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(ちょうめん) remains important as part of the very common word 几帳面(きちょうめん) (meticulous, precise).

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Etymology

(ちょう) (register, ledger) + (めん) (surface, page).