JLPT N1 · な-adjective

不景気 (fukeiki)

不景気 (ふけいき, fukeiki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “economic slump; hard times”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふけいき
Romaji: fukeiki
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

economic slump; hard times; depression; recession · noun, な-adjective
poor (business); dull; slack; inactive · な-adjective, noun
gloomy; cheerless; dismal · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

不景気になってきているみたいね。

We're in store for a recession.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 不景気

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	不景気だ	ふけいきだ fukeikida
Present (polite)	不景気です	ふけいきです fukeikidesu
Negative	不景気じゃない	ふけいきじゃない fukeikijanai
Past	不景気だった	ふけいきだった fukeikidatta
Negative past	不景気じゃなかった	ふけいきじゃなかった fukeikijanakatta
Te-form	不景気で	ふけいきで fukeikide
Before a noun	不景気な	ふけいきな fukeikina
Adverb (~ni)	不景気に	ふけいきに fukeikini

Kanji in 不景気

不

negative, non-, badフ・ブ · 4 strokes

景

scenery, viewケイ · 12 strokes

気

spirit, mind, airキ・ケ・いき・き · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不景気.

不便ふべんinconvenience不ふun-不安ふあんanxiety不可ふかwrong不幸ふこうunhappiness不正ふせいinjustice不足ふそくinsufficiency不通ふつうsuspension不平ふへいdiscontent不満ふまんdissatisfaction不利ふりdisadvantage不思議ふしぎwonderful不自由ふじゆうdiscomfort不ぶun-

Source: JMdict entry 1492120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.