赤字

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 赤字 is read as あかじ and is a noun for a deficit or loss in which expenses exceed income.
• Basic usage: A business operating at a loss appears in 経営が赤字になる, while eliminating a deficit appears in 赤字を解消する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A state and its elimination
  • Use 赤字になる for entering a deficit and 赤字を解消する for removing it.
• Difference from 黒字
  • It is the opposite of the word for a profitable state in which income exceeds expenses.