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KAKEIBO Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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kakeibo

[ kah-key-boh ]

noun

Japanese
  1. a system of maintaining one’s household budget based on a simple financial philosophy of spending and saving that is both mindful and purposeful:

    Our accountant suggested that the principles of kakeibo might help us transition from a double-income to a single-income household.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of kakeibo1

Coined in 1904 by Japan's first female journalist, Motoko Hani (1873–1957), who published the plan in a magazine; from Japanese: literally, “household account book,” from ka “house, household” + kei “account, measure, plan” + bo “record book, register,” all from Middle Chinese; compare Chinese jiā “family, home,” “calculation, plan,” “exercise book, register”
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Example Sentences

Founders say one reason for their success is how Moneytree is based on the old Japanese idea of "kakeibo," a tabulated book housewives used before the arrival of computers to keep a daily record of household spending, which still resonates with Japanese.

From US News

Each housewife scrupulously tracks her family’s spending in her kakeibo, or budget book.

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