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失業 (しつぎょう): unemployment — Japanese vocabulary

失業 is read しつぎょう and means "unemployment". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

失業

Reading
しつぎょう · shitsugyou
Translation
unemployment
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しつぎょうが

Example

私はもうだめだ。失業してしまった。

わたしはもうだめだ。しつぎょうしてしまった。

It's all over for me. I lost my job.

Kanji in this word

  • 失 — lose, fail
  • 業 — business, industry

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