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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ況きょう

fukyou

recession, economic slump

Example sentences

  1. 好況こうきょうと不況ふきょうは交互こうごに来くる。

    Good times alternate with bad.

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  2. 日本経済にっぽんけいざいは不況ふきょうである。

    The Japanese economy is in depression.

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  3. 来年らいねんは不況ふきょうが避さけられませんよ。

    A recession is bound to come next year.

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Kanji in 不況

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 況condition; situationOnキョウKunまして・いわんや・おもむき

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