Illustration: After closing a small Japanese vegetable stall, the owner divides the day's cash across a low counter. She has placed payment for the wholesaler beside an emptied produce crate, set aside another portion beside the stall's rented folding equipment, and paid her helper, who is pocketing his share.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

黒くろ字じ

kuroji

surplus, being in the black

Example sentences

今月こんげつは黒字くろじである。
We are in the black this month.
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あの出版社しゅっぱんしゃは黒字くろじだ。
That publishing company is in the black.
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今期こんき、我わが社しゃの黒字くろじはほぼ１０％増加ぞうかした。
Our surplus has swelled by nearly ten percent in this quarter.
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Kanji in 黒字

黒blackOnコクKunくろ・くろずむ・くろい
字character; letterOnジKunあざ・あざな

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