赤字 – Vocabulary details

赤あか字じ

Meanings

Noun

1. (being in) the red; deficit

2. red letter; red writing

3. corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

Kanji used

赤

red

字

a character

Pitch accent

あ

かじ

Used in: 711

Composed of

赤あか

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

字じ

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

Used in vocabulary (15 in total)

大おお赤あか字じ

being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit

赤あか字じ覚かく悟ご

making a loss; incurring a deficit

赤あか字じ経けい営えい

deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red

12 more...

Examples (4 in total)

商しょう売ばいは赤あか字じだ。

The business is in the red.

政せい府ふは史し上じょう最さい大だいの赤あか字じをかかえています。

The government is running its largest deficit ever.

債さい券けん発はっ行こうによる調ちょう達たつ資し金きんは予よ算さんの赤あか字じを補ほ填てんするのに使つかわれる。

The proceeds from the bond issue will be used to finance the budget deficit.