LingakuFrequency rank: 38,257. – 38,767.
- economic slump; hard times; depression; recessionsee also 好景気
- poor (business); dull; slack; inactive
- gloomy; cheerless; dismal
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- economic slump; hard times; depression; recession
- poor (business); dull; slack; inactive
- gloomy; cheerless; dismal
This meaning refers to a period of economic decline and is commonly used to describe situations where businesses and the economy are performing poorly.
This year, due to the economic slump, many companies are proceeding with layoffs.
This usage highlights a lack of activity or enthusiasm in business or economic operations, indicating that things are not going well.
This area is dull due to the economic slump, and the shopping district is deserted.
This meaning conveys a sense of sadness and lack of hope, often used to describe the overall mood during tough times.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ふけいきが不景気がつづく続くthe economic slump continuesふけいき不景気のえいきょう影響the impact of the recessionふけいき不景気にあえぐto struggle in hard timesふけいき不景気なじだい時代an age of economic slumpふけいき不景気たいさく対策measures against the recessionふけいき不景気をのりこえる乗り越えるto overcome the economic slumpふけいき不景気になやむ悩むto be troubled by the recessionふけいき不景気のなか中でin hard timesながびく長引くふけいき不景気prolonged economic slumpふけいき不景気にはくしゃをかける拍車をかけるto exacerbate the recessionけいき景気がわるい悪いthe economy is bad
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Thousands of small businesses went under during the recession.
The unemployment rate went up to 5% because of the recession.
After a slow summer season, business began to pick up.
In spite of the depression, the prices of commodities are still high.
Even though we're supposedly in a recession, people are traveling abroad in record numbers this Golden Week holiday.