低迷期

ていめいき
noun
slump period; downturn
1. slump period; prolonged downturn
A prolonged period during which activity, performance, or the economy stays sluggish and fails to improve. Applied to businesses, sports teams, industries, and personal careers.
経済(けいざい)が低迷期(ていめいき)に入(はい)る。
The economy enters a slump.
チームは長(なが)い低迷期(ていめいき)を抜(ぬ)け出(だ)した。
The team broke out of a long slump.
業界(ぎょうかい)全体(ぜんたい)が低迷期(ていめいき)にあり、回復(かいふく)の兆(きざ)しが見(み)えない。
The entire industry is in a slump, and no sign of recovery is in sight.

Composed of 低迷(ていめい) (stagnation, hovering low) + 期(き) (period). Describes an extended stretch of poor performance rather than a momentary dip.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 低迷期(ていめいき)が続(つづ)く: the slump continues
  • 低迷期(ていめいき)を脱(だっ)する: to escape a slump
  • 長(なが)い低迷期(ていめいき): a long downturn

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 不況(ふきょう): recession — specifically an economic downturn
  • スランプ: slump — loanword, often for an individual's temporary poor form
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