失業

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See also: 失业

Chinese

to lose; to miss; to fail business; occupation; study
trad. (失業) 失 業
simp. (失业) 失 业

Pronunciation

Verb

失業

  1. to lose one's job; to be out of work
    面臨失業／面临失业  ―  miànlín shīyè  ―  to face unemployment
    我現在失業，除了交房租，還要吃飯啊，壓力大啊。 [MSC, trad.]
    我现在失业，除了交房租，还要吃饭啊，压力大啊。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ xiànzài shīyè, chúle jiāo fángzū, hái yào chīfàn a, yālì dà a.
    I'm out of work at the moment. Apart from paying rent I also have to make a living; it's very stressful.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
失 業
しつ
Grade: 4 		ぎょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

失(しつ)業(ぎょう) • (shitsugyō) ←しつげふ (situgefu)?

  1. unemployment

Verb

失(しつ)業(ぎょう)する • (shitsugyō suru) ←しつげふ (situgefu)?intransitive suru (stem 失(しつ)業(ぎょう)し (shitsugyō shi), past 失(しつ)業(ぎょう)した (shitsugyō shita))

  1. lose one's job

Conjugation

Conjugation of "失業する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 失業し しつぎょうし shitsugyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 失業し しつぎょうし shitsugyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 失業する しつぎょうする shitsugyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 失業する しつぎょうする shitsugyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 失業すれ しつぎょうすれ shitsugyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 失業せよ¹
失業しろ² 		しつぎょうせよ¹
しつぎょうしろ² 		shitsugyō seyo¹
shitsugyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 失業される しつぎょうされる shitsugyō sareru
Causative 失業させる
失業さす 		しつぎょうさせる
しつぎょうさす 		shitsugyō saseru
shitsugyō sasu
Potential 失業できる しつぎょうできる shitsugyō dekiru
Volitional 失業しよう しつぎょうしよう shitsugyō shiyō
Negative 失業しない しつぎょうしない shitsugyō shinai
Negative continuative 失業せず しつぎょうせず shitsugyō sezu
Formal 失業します しつぎょうします shitsugyō shimasu
Perfective 失業した しつぎょうした shitsugyō shita
Conjunctive 失業して しつぎょうして shitsugyō shite
Hypothetical conditional 失業すれば しつぎょうすれば shitsugyō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
失業

Noun

失業 • (sireop) (hangeul 실업)

  1. hanja form? of 실업 (“unemployment”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
失業

Verb

失業

  1. chữ Hán form of thất nghiệp (“to become unemployed”).
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