累積(るいせき)

るいせき
noun / verb-suru
accumulation, buildup
1. accumulation, buildup, piling up
The gradual building up of something over time, typically debts, deficits, data, fatigue, or other quantities that keep adding up. Often implies a negative buildup.
赤字(あかじ)が累積(るいせき)している。
Deficits are accumulating.
累積(るいせき)債務(さいむ)が膨大(ぼうだい)な額(がく)に達(たっ)した。
The accumulated debt has reached an enormous amount.
長年(ながねん)の疲労(ひろう)が累積(るいせき)して体(からだ)を壊(こわ)した。
Years of accumulated fatigue broke down my body.

USAGE:
Often used with negative quantities — debts, deficits, losses, fatigue. Also used in neutral/technical contexts like 累積(るいせき)データ (cumulative data) and 累積(るいせき)販売(はんばい)数(すう) (cumulative sales figures). Common in finance, business, and statistics.

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 蓄積(ちくせき): accumulation, storage (more positive, for knowledge, experience)
  • 集積(しゅうせき): aggregation, concentration (clustering together)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 累積(るいせき)赤字(あかじ): accumulated deficit
  • 累積(るいせき)債務(さいむ): accumulated debt
  • 累積(るいせき)販売(はんばい)数(すう): cumulative sales figures
  • 疲労(ひろう)が累積(るいせき)する: fatigue accumulates
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