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あかじ
Meanings
Noun
1. (being in) the red; deficit
It's fine as long as we don't run a deficit.
2. red letter; red writing
Something this important should be written in red or something, don't you think?
3. corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
Alt. forms
赤あか字じ
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あかじ
Pitch accent
あ
かじ
Used in: 1
Composed of
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
making a loss; incurring a deficit
deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red
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Examples (16 in total)
The business is in the red.
It's fine as long as we don't run a deficit.
At this rate, we're headed for a loss.
Maybe it's because it's red text on a black background.
Even in the worst case, we can get by with a slight deficit.
The loss reached three million yen.
This month's sales made up the deficit.
My bonus covered the shortfall in the household budget.
The government is running its largest deficit ever.
All it said was 'work day', written in red.
I used my savings to make up the deficit.
At this rate, we will be in the red just from equipment costs alone.
Well, the country's public finance is in a massive deficit, you know.
On top of that, this investment resulted in nothing but losses.
Something this important should be written in red or something, don't you think?
The proceeds from the bond issue will be used to finance the budget deficit.