1.
cumulative total; running total; aggregate sum
the total amount accumulated over a period of time by adding successive amounts together
累計販売数は百万部を超えた。
Cumulative sales have exceeded one million copies.
今月までの累計で五千万円です。
The cumulative total up to this month is 50 million yen.
感染者の累計が発表された。
The cumulative number of infected people was announced.
FORMATION:
累 (accumulate, pile up) + 計 (total, calculation) → accumulated total
CAN FUNCTION AS:
- Noun: 累計で (in cumulative terms)
- No-adjective: 累計の売上 (cumulative sales)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 累計販売数/部数 (cumulative sales/copies)
- 累計来場者数 (cumulative visitors)
- 累計利用者数 (cumulative users)
- 累計で~万/億 (cumulative total of ~ million/billion)
USAGE CONTEXT:
Frequently used in:
- Sales reports and business news
- Statistics and data reporting
- Public health announcements
- Economic indicators
RELATED:
- 合計 (total, sum)
- 総計 (grand total)
- 月間/年間 (monthly/annual - often contrasted with cumulative)