あか
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
red
a character
Pitch accent
かじ
Top 16300
Composed of
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
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
making a loss; incurring a deficit
deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red
Examples (4 in total)
The business is in the red.
The government is running its largest deficit ever.
The proceeds from the bond issue will be used to finance the budget deficit.
The loss reached three million yen.