分ぶん限げん免めん職しょく

noun

dismissal for unsuitability; dishonorable discharge

A formal term used in Japanese civil service and military contexts for dismissal due to incompetence, misconduct, or failure to meet required standards. Not used for ordinary company layoffs.

• 公こう務む員いんが分ぶん限げん免めん職しょくになるのは、能のう力りょく不ぶ足そくや非ひ行こうが原げん因いんだ。

  A public servant receives a dismissal for unsuitability due to incompetence or misconduct.

• 自じ衛えい隊たいでは、重じゅう大だいな規き律りつ違い反はんで分ぶん限げん免めん職しょくになることがある。

  In the Self-Defense Forces, a serious disciplinary violation can lead to a dishonorable discharge.