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失われた20年

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 失われた20年.

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Entry

失われた20年失われた二十年うしなわれたにじゅうねんNounExpressionFreq #245818
1

lost twenty years; first two decades of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

5 strokesFrequency 447JLPT N2Grade 4

On

シツ

Kun

うしな.うう.せる

year, counter for years

6 strokesFrequency 6JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ネン

Kun

とし

Nanori

two, two radical (no. 7)

2 strokesFrequency 9JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

ふたふた.つふたたび

Nanori

おとつぐつぎにいふたつふだ

ten

2 strokesFrequency 8JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジュウジッジュッ

Kun

とお

Nanori

そうとう

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