Word Meaning 失業

しつぎょう shitsugyou

失業 is read as しつぎょう (shitsugyou) and means unemployment.

Meaning

English

  1. unemployment
  2. losing one's job
  3. becoming unemployed

Reading

Kana

しつぎょう

Romaji

shitsugyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Synonyms 首が飛ぶ,首になる,失職 Antonyms 就業 Rank 2570 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

失業手当

しつぎょうてあて

unemployment allowance

失業給付

しつぎょうきゅうふ

unemployment benefit

失業者

しつぎょうしゃ

unemployed person

失業労働者

しつぎょうろうどうしゃ

unemployed laborer

失業保険

しつぎょうほけん

unemployment insurance

失業対策

しつぎょうたいさく

countermeasures against unemployment

失業率

しつぎょうりつ

unemployment rate

自発的失業

じはつてきしつぎょう

voluntary unemployment

非自発的失業

ひじはつてきしつぎょう

involuntary unemployment

構造的失業

こうぞうてきしつぎょう

structural unemployment

潜在失業

せんざいしつぎょう

invisible unemployment

摩擦的失業

まさつてきしつぎょう

frictional unemployment

Example Sentences

10

I am out of work.

He lost his job.

The unemployment level is high.

The unemployment level is high.

My brother is out of work.

My brother has no occupation now.

He has lost his job.

My father has been out of work for a year.

The unemployment rate went up to 5%.

I heard that Tom lost his job.