Illustration: Inside a Japanese baseball practice facility, a fully equipped batter completes another swing after the ball has already passed into the catcher's mitt. Several baseballs collected behind the batting position suggest repeated misses.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ振しん

fushin

slump, poor performance

Example sentences

株式市場かぶしきしじょうは長ながい不振ふしんを続つづけている。
The stock market is in a prolonged slump.
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会社かいしゃは深刻しんこくな営業えいぎょう不振ふしんに陥おちいっている。
The company is caught up in a serious business slump.
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高たかい税金ぜいきんと売上うりあげ不振ふしんが同社どうしゃを破産はさんさせた。
High tax and poor sales bankrupted the company.
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Kanji in 不振

不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
振shake; swingOnシンKunふる・ふれる・ふるう

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