also: ディプレッション
A loanword from English, used in contexts such as economics, meteorology, and psychology, similar to its English counterpart. Often interchangeable with native terms like 不況 (economic) or うつ病 (clinical).
世界恐慌は大デプレッションとも呼ばれる。
The global economic crisis is also called 大デプレッション.
熱帯低気圧が発達してデプレッションになった。
The tropical low pressure system developed into a depression.