会計

かいけい

Bill, payment, accounting

N3noun·kaikei

How to remember it

会 (meeting) + 計 (calculate)—tallying up the bill, used when paying at restaurants.

Example sentences

  • すみません、会計をお願いします。

    すみません、かいけいをおねがいします。

    Excuse me, the bill please.

  • 会計係は今休んでいます。

    かいけいがかりはいまやすんでいます。

    The cashier is on break right now.

Usage

At a restaurant, say お会計をお願いします to request the bill.

Related words

お会計勘定支払い会計係

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