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The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.
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Vocabulary list

keikikoutai
noun
  1. recession
keiki
noun
  1. business conditions; the market; economic activity; economic climate
  2. good (economic) times; prosperity; boom
  3. liveliness; energy; vigour; vigor; spirit
koutai
noun, suru verb
  1. retreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing; retrogression; retraction
  2. recession; waning
noun
  1. backspace (key)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
chingin
noun
  1. wages; pay
  2. rental payment
seikatsusha
noun
  1. consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder
suffix
  1. person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)
seikatsu
noun, suru verb
  1. living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
kukyou
noun
  1. difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
oikomu

Polite Past Indicative Form

oikomimashita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to herd; to drive; to chase; to corral
  2. to corner; to force someone into doing
  3. to go hard; to push yourself; to make a last charge
  4. to run on (e.g. lines in printing)

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