採さい算さん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

profitability; profit; paying basis

Refers to whether revenue covers costs and makes business sense, often in set phrases such as 採算が合う, 採算が取れる, and 採算が悪い.

この事じ業ぎょうは採さい算さんが合あわない。
This business is not profitable.
新あたらしい路ろ線せんは利り用よう者しゃが少すくなく、採さい算さんが取とれない。
The new route has too few users to pay for itself.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の採さい算さんが悪わるいthe profitability of 〈事〉 is poor
この事じ業ぎょうの採さい算さんは悪わるい。
This business's profitability is poor.
採さい算さんを度ど外がい視しするto disregard profitability
採さい算さんを度ど外がい視ししてサービスを提てい供きょうする。
We provide the service without regard to profitability.
採さい算さんを考かんがえるto think about profitability
新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうを始はじめる前まえに採さい算さんを考かんがえる必ひつ要ようがある。
You need to consider profitability before starting a new business.

Expressions

採さい算さんが合あうbe profitable; pay; break even
採さい算さんが取とれるbe profitable; pay; break even

Kanji

採pick, take, fetch
算calculate, divining, number

Related words

利り益えきN2
利益 is the actual profit or gain earned, while 採算 refers to whether revenue covers costs and the activity makes economic sense.
収しゅう支しN1
収支 is the balance of income and expenditure, whereas 採算 is the judgment of profitability drawn from that balance.
損そん益えきN1
損益 refers to the concrete gains and losses recorded, while 採算 focuses more broadly on whether an undertaking is worth doing financially.

Don't confuse with

決けっ算さんN1
決算 is the formal settlement of accounts done at the end of a fiscal period, while 採算 is the ongoing question of whether something is profitable.

Word family

不ふ採さい算さん
unprofitable; not paying
採さい算さん性せい
profitability
採さい算さん株かぶ
high-yield stock
採さい算さん割われ
below break-even; selling below cost
採さい算さんベース
profitable basis; paying basis
独どく立りつ採さい算さん制せい
self-supporting accounting system; independent profit-center system

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 採 and 算. The spelling is conventionally associated with calculating or taking account of whether something pays financially.