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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

リストラ

risutora

layoffs, downsizing

Example sentences

  1. トムはリストラされた。

    Tom was made redundant.

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  2. 営業えいぎょうマンだって、リストラ予備軍よびぐんに配属はいぞくされないように必死ひっしな訳わけです。

    After all, even salesmen are desperate to avoid being targeted for downsizing.

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  3. リストラされた彼かれは心機一転しんきいってん、自宅じたくを拠点きょてんにＳＯＨＯビジネスを始はじめた。

    After getting downsized he started off on a clean slate and started a business working out of a home office.

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