失しつ業ぎょう

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失業する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

unemployment

The state of being without a job; often used in economic or statistical contexts.

losing one's job; becoming unemployed

The action or event of losing employment; used as a noun or with する to describe the process.

〈人ひと〉が失しつ業ぎょうするfor someone to lose their job / become unemployed
父ちちは去きょ年ねんの不ふ況きょうで失しつ業ぎょうした。
My father lost his job in last year's recession.
失しつ業ぎょう率りつが上あがる／下さがるfor the unemployment rate to rise / fall
今こん年ねんは失しつ業ぎょう率りつが大おおきく上あがった。
The unemployment rate rose sharply this year.
失しつ業ぎょう中ちゅうwhile unemployed / out of work
失しつ業ぎょう中ちゅうは生せい活かつが苦くるしかった。
Life was hard while I was unemployed.
失しつ業ぎょう保ほ険けんを受うけ取とるto receive unemployment insurance/benefits
彼かれは失しつ業ぎょう保ほ険けんを受うけ取とりながら仕し事ごとを探さがしている。
He is looking for work while receiving unemployment benefits.

解かい雇こN1sense 2
失業 is the general state or event of being jobless, while 解雇 specifically means being fired by an employer.
無む職しょくN3sense 1
失業 implies having lost a job involuntarily, whereas 無職 simply describes not currently having any job, for any reason.
離り職しょく
失業 refers to the state of being unemployed after losing work, whereas 離職 refers to the act of leaving the job itself.

就しゅう職しょくN3sense 1
失業 means losing or being without a job, while 就職 means finding or starting employment.
従じゅう業ぎょう
失業 means being unemployed or out of work, the direct opposite of 従業's state of being employed.
就しゅう労ろう
失業 means unemployment or losing one's job, the direct opposite of 就労, which means being employed.

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働はたらき口ぐち
失業 means unemployment or being out of work, the opposite state from having a 働き口 (job opening) to fill.
勤つとめN3
失業 means being unemployed or out of work, the direct opposite of having a 勤め (steady job).

退たい職しょくN2sense 2
失業 refers to involuntary job loss, while 退職 usually means voluntarily quitting or retiring from a job.
失しつ業ぎょう者しゃN1
失業 refers to the state or condition of unemployment itself, while 失業者 refers to the person who is unemployed.

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Compound of 失 (lose) and 業 (work, occupation).