🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

景気後退

Pronunciation / Transliteration: keiki kōtai

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
recession/rɪˈsɛʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"日本経済は緩やかな景気後退に直面している。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced.

    "The country is sliding into a deep recession."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 16th century: from Latin recessio(n-), from recedere 'go back' (see recede).

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