失うしなわれた１０じゅう年ねん

Meanings

lost decade; decade of economic stagnation

Primarily refers to Japan's period of economic stagnation from the early 1990s to early 2000s, often specifically 1992–2002. Used in economic and historical discussions.

日本にほん経けい済ざいは失うしなわれた１０年ねんからなかなか立たち直なおれなかった。
The Japanese economy struggled to recover from the lost decade.
失うしなわれた１０年ねんの間あいだに、多おおくの企き業ぎょうが倒とう産さんした。
Many companies went bankrupt during the lost decade.

Kanji

失lose, error, fault
年year, counter for years
十ten

Related words

失うしなわれた２０にじゅう年ねん
Refers to the extended period of stagnation covering roughly two decades, from the early 1990s to the early 2010s. 失われた１０年 is the earlier, shorter phase.
バブル崩ほう壊かい
The collapse of the asset price bubble in the early 1990s, which triggered the lost decade. バブル崩壊 is the event, while 失われた１０年 describes the subsequent economic period.

Written forms

失うしなわれた１０じゅう年ねん
Common spelling using Arabic numerals for the decade.
失うしなわれた十じゅう年ねん
Kanji numeral variant; less common in modern economic contexts.

Etymology

A fixed phrase calqued from English 'lost decade', referring to Japan's post-bubble economic stagnation. The term became widely used in economic and media discourse from the late 1990s onward.