Word Meaning 恐慌

きょうこう kyoukou

恐慌 is read as きょうこう (kyoukou) and means panic.

Meaning

English

  1. panic
  2. financial panic
  3. scare
  4. alarm

Reading

Kana

きょうこう

Romaji

kyoukou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 6618 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

世界大恐慌

せかいだいきょうこう

Great Depression (1929-1939)

戦後恐慌

せんごきょうこう

post-World War I depression

安定恐慌

あんていきょうこう

stabilization crisis

経済恐慌

けいざいきょうこう

financial panic

世界恐慌

せかいきょうこう

worldwide financial crisis

金融恐慌

きんゆうきょうこう

financial panic

昭和恐慌

しょうわきょうこう

Shōwa Depression (Japanese part of the Great Depression)

大恐慌

だいきょうこう

Great Depression

恐縮

きょうしゅく

shrinking back in fear

恐怖症

きょうふしょう

phobia

恐竜

きょうりゅう

dinosaur

恐喝

きょうかつ

blackmail

Example Sentences

2

During the Depression in the 1930's, many wealthy people lost everything in the stock market crash.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can.