構こう造ぞう不ふ況きょう

noun

structural recession

An economic downturn caused by deep-rooted structural problems in an industry or economy, rather than by temporary factors. Often used in discussions of long-term industrial decline.

• 日本にほんの繊せん維い産さん業ぎょうは構こう造ぞう不ふ況きょうに陥おちいっている。

  Japan's textile industry is in a structural recession.

• 政せい府ふは構こう造ぞう不ふ況きょうからの脱だっ却きゃくを目め指ざしている。

  The government aims to escape from the structural recession.