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累積

るいせき

cumulative accumulation

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Examples

  1. 累積赤字が膨らんだ。

    るいせきあかじがふくらんだ。

    The cumulative deficit swelled.

  2. 遅刻が累積すると評価に響く。

    ちこくがるいせきするとひょうかにひびく。

    If latenesses add up, it affects your evaluation.

  3. 累積の受講者数は一万人を超えた。

    るいせきのじゅこうしゃすうはいちまんにんをこえた。

    The cumulative number of participants has passed ten thousand.

Common patterns

累積赤字
cumulative deficit
累積債務
accumulated debt
疲労が累積する
for fatigue to pile up

Memory tip

累 means piling up in a series, so 累積 is a running total added across periods — the natural word in finance and statistics (累積赤字, 累積債務). 蓄積 is about a store you have built; 累積 is about the total that keeps growing.

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