赤あか字じ体たい質しつ

noun

chronic deficit tendency; disposition to operate in the red

Used for businesses, organizations, or projects that habitually run at a loss. Often implies a structural or ingrained problem rather than a temporary shortfall.

• あの会かい社しゃは赤あか字じ体たい質しつからなかなか抜ぬけ出だせない。

  That company can't seem to break free from its chronic deficit tendency.

• 赤あか字じ体たい質しつを改かい善ぜんするには抜ばっ本ぽん的てきな改かい革かくが必ひつ要ようだ。

  Fundamental reform is needed to fix the chronic deficit structure.