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総合収支 (そうごうしゅうし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

総そう合ごう収しゅう支し

Meanings

1

noun

overall balance of payments

Economic term referring to the net sum of a country's international transactions, including current account, capital account, and financial account.

日本にほんの総そう合ごう収しゅう支しは黒くろ字じが続つづいている。
Japan's overall balance of payments has been in surplus.
総そう合ごう収しゅう支しの赤あか字じが拡かく大だいしている。
The overall balance of payments deficit is widening.

Kanji

総general, whole, all
合fit, suit, join
収income, obtain, reap
支

branch, support, sustain

Similar words

経けい常じょう収しゅう支し
経常収支 is the current account balance, a major component of 総合収支. 総合収支 includes capital and financial accounts as well.
貿ぼう易えき収しゅう支し
貿易収支 is the trade balance (exports minus imports), which is part of the current account and thus a subset of 総合収支.

Etymology

Compound of 総合 (overall) + 収支 (income and expenditure, balance). The term is a direct translation of the English economic concept 'overall balance of payments'.