しつぎょうりつ
Meanings
Noun
1. unemployment rate
Kanji used
permanent loss
business
ratio
Pitch accent
つぎょ
うりつ
Composed of
① 職を失うこと。② 働く必要、能力及び意欲のある者が定職を得ることが状態。
① 割合。歩合。
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
Examples (8 in total)
The unemployment level is high.
What is the unemployment rate at the moment?
Who is responsible for high unemployment?
The unemployment rate went up to 5%.
The unemployment rate went up to 5% because of the recession.
The unemployment rate dropped to a five-year low in January.
The unemployment rate in Japan was 3.4 percent in September of 2015.
For the first time in more than 6 years, the unemployment rate is below 6%.