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不良在庫 (furyouzaiko) Japanese meaning: bad inventory | Kotomora

不ふ良りょう在ざい庫こ

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Meanings

1

bad inventory; dead stock

Business term for unsellable or obsolete inventory that ties up capital.

不ふ良りょう在ざい庫こを抱かかえると、倉そう庫このスペースが無む駄

だ

に

なる

。

Holding dead stock wastes warehouse space.

決けっ算さん前まえに不ふ良りょう在ざい庫こを処しょ分ぶんした。

We disposed of bad inventory before the fiscal closing.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
良good, pleasing, skilled
在exist, outskirts, suburbs
庫warehouse, storehouse

Related words

滞たい留りゅう在ざい庫こ
滞留在庫 refers to slow-moving inventory that may still be sellable, while 不良在庫 is clearly unsellable or obsolete.
死しに筋すじ
死に筋 is a more colloquial retail term for dead items or poor-selling products, whereas 不良在庫 is a formal accounting/inventory term.

Built from

不ふ良りょう+在ざい庫こ

Etymology

Compound of 不良 (bad, defective) and 在庫 (inventory, stock). A straightforward business term with no unusual etymology.