noun
Refers to the generation that came of age during or after a period of upheaval, especially the post-World War I generation in Western context, or the Japanese 'employment ice age' generation.
ロストジェネレーションと呼ばれる世代は、就職難の影響を強く受けた。
The generation called the lost generation was strongly affected by the difficulty of finding employment.
Variant with interpunct; less common but still seen.
From English 'lost generation', popularized by Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway to describe the post-World War I generation. In Japanese, it often refers to those who entered the job market during the 'employment ice age' of the 1990s–2000s.