あかじ – Vocabulary details

あかじ

Meanings

Noun

1. (being in) the red; deficit

2. red letter; red writing

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

Alt. forms

赤あか字じ

99%

あかじ

Pitch accent

あ

かじ

Used in: 16

Composed of

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

じ

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

Used in vocabulary (15 in total)

おおあかじ

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

あかじかくご

making a loss; incurring a deficit

あかじけいえい

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

12 more...

Examples (4 in total)

商しょう売ばいはあかじだ。

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あか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あか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.