住じゅう専せん

noun

housing-loan corporation

Specifically refers to the 住宅金融専門会社 (housing loan companies) that existed in Japan until the late 1990s. The term is strongly associated with the 住専問題 (jusen problem) of the 1990s financial crisis.

• 住じゅう専せん問もん題だいは1990年ねん代だいの日本にほんの金きん融ゆう危き機きの一いち因いんとなった。

  The jusen problem was one of the causes of Japan's financial crisis in the 1990s.