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失業 (しつぎょう) — unemployment | JLPT N3 · Nihongo Circle

失業

しつぎょう

noun

Meanings

1unemployment
2losing one's job
3becoming unemployed

Example sentence

この地域の失業はほぼないに等しい。

Unemployment in this part of the country is virtually nonexistent.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

失Lose, Error, Fault5 strokes 業Business, Vocation, Arts13 strokes

More words with 失

失調しっちょう · lack of harmonyN1 失態しったい · blunder 失恋しつれん · broken heartN2 過失かしつ · errorN2 失ううしなう · to loseN3

Full entry on Jisho

失敗しっぱい · failureN4

紛失ふんしつ · losing somethingN1

損失そんしつ · lossN1

More words with 業

鉱業こうぎょう · mining industryN1 事業じぎょう · projectN1 業者ぎょうしゃ · traderN1 業務ぎょうむ · businessN1 実業家じつぎょうか · industrialistN1 就業しゅうぎょう · employmentN1 従業員じゅうぎょういん · employeeN1 興業こうぎょう · starting a businessN1

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