あか
Meanings
Noun
1. 赤色の文字。
2. 支出が収入を上回ること。
3. 文字を修正すること。
Kanji used
red
a character
Pitch accent
かじ
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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
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
deficit-covering (government) bond
loss-making line (railway, bus, etc.); unprofitable route
loss-making corporation; money-losing enterprise; lossmaker
losses; deficit; amount in the red
loss-making business; company operating in the red
trade deficit with Japan
federal (budget) deficit
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.