赤あか字じ

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Meanings

1

deficit; in the red

Financial term for a negative balance or loss. Antonym: 黒字 (in the black).

Antonyms: 黒字

今こん年ねん度どの決けっ算さんは大おお幅はばな赤あか字じだった。
This fiscal year's financial results were deeply in the red.

2

red writing; red letter

Literal red-colored text or characters, often for emphasis or marking.

カレンダーの祝しゅく日じつは赤あか字じで書かいてある。
Holidays are written in red on the calendar.

3

red corrections; red ink corrections

Corrections or marks made in red ink by a teacher or proofreader.

先せん生せいが答とう案あんに赤あか字じでたくさん直なおしを入いれた。
The teacher made many corrections in red ink on the exam paper.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が赤あか字じになるfor something to go into the red / run a deficit
今こん年ねんの決けっ算さんは赤あか字じになった。
This year's financial results went into the red.
赤あか字じで書かくto write in red ink
重じゅう要ような部ぶ分ぶんは赤あか字じで書かいてください。
Please write the important parts in red.
赤あか字じを入いれるto mark corrections in red ink
先せん生せいが原げん稿こうに赤あか字じを入いれた。
The teacher made corrections on the manuscript in red ink.
赤あか字じを出だすto post/incur a deficit
その会かい社しゃは三さん年ねん連れん続ぞくで赤あか字じを出だしている。
That company has posted a deficit for three years in a row.
赤あか字じを抱かかえるto be saddled with a deficit
多おおくの地ち方ほう自じ治ち体たいが赤あか字じを抱かかえている。
Many local governments are burdened with deficits.
赤あか字じを解かい消しょうするto eliminate/clear a deficit
コスト削さく減げんで赤あか字じを解かい消しょうした。
They eliminated the deficit through cost cutting.

Expressions

赤あか字じ覚かく悟ごprepared for a loss; ready to operate at a deficit
民みん主しゅ主しゅ義ぎの赤あか字じdemocratic deficit; democracy deficit

Kanji

赤red
字character, letter, word

Related words

損そん失しつN1sense 1
損失 is a broader, more formal term for any financial loss, while 赤字 specifically means a negative balance (being in the red) in accounting.
欠けっ損そん sense 1
欠損 is a formal accounting term for a deficit or shortfall, close in meaning to 赤字 but used more in official financial reports.
足あしが出でるN2
赤字 is the plain noun for a financial deficit, while 足が出る is an idiomatic expression describing the act of going over budget.
出しゅっ血けつN1
赤字 directly means a financial deficit or red ink, whereas 出血 is a more vivid, metaphorical word for painful financial loss, such as selling below cost.
損そんN3
赤字 specifically means a financial deficit (as on a balance sheet), while 損 is broader and can describe any kind of loss or disadvantage.

Opposites

黒くろ字じN2sense 1
in the black; surplus · black letter

Don't confuse with

財ざい政せい赤あか字じN1
赤字 is the general word for any kind of deficit or financial loss, whereas 財政赤字 specifically refers to a government's budget shortfall.

Word family· 14

財ざい政せい赤あか字じN1
fiscal deficit; budget deficit
大おお赤あか字じ
huge deficit; deep in the red; big loss
赤あか字じ額がく
deficit amount; losses; amount in the red
対たい日にち赤あか字じ
trade deficit with Japan
累るい積せき赤あか字じ
accumulated deficit; cumulative loss

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貿ぼう易えき赤あか字じ
trade deficit
赤あか字じ企き業ぎょう
loss-making company; money-losing enterprise
赤あか字じ体たい質しつ
chronic deficit tendency; disposition to operate in the red
赤あか字じ国こく債さい
deficit-covering bond; deficit-financing bond
赤あか字じ法ほう人じん
loss-making corporation; company in the red

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Written forms

赤あか字じUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
アカジUsage<1%

Etymology

Compound of 赤 (red) and 字 (character, letter). The financial sense comes from the practice of recording losses in red ink.