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赤字 (あかじ): deficit, go in the red — Japanese vocabulary

赤字 is read あかじ and means "deficit, go in the red". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

赤字

Reading
あかじ · akaji
Translation
deficit, go in the red
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
あかじが

Example

同社は赤字の子会社のいくつかを売却することにした。

どうしゃはあかじのこがいしゃのいくつかをばいきゃくすることにした。

The company has decided to sell some of its money-losing units.

Kanji in this word

  • 赤 — red
  • 字 — Character, Letter, Word

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