Meaning of 不景気 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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不景気JLPT 1
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Kana Readingふけいき
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Romajifukeiki
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness
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Example Sentences
不景気, ふけいき used in context
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Thousands of small businesses went under during the recession.
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The unemployment rate went up to 5% because of the recession.
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We're in store for a recession.
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After a slow summer season, business began to pick up.
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In spite of the depression, the prices of commodities are still high.
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不景気だと言いつつ、今年のゴールデンウイークに海外旅行をする人は過去最高らしい。
Even though we're supposedly in a recession, people are traveling abroad in record numbers this Golden Week holiday.
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