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赤字
Literally red letters. It refers to a financial loss or deficit where expenditures exceed income. The opposite is kuroji (surplus/black letters).
Examples in context
今月は家計が赤字になった
The household budget went into the red this month
その事業は赤字続きだ
That business has been in a continuous deficit
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