廃業
はいぎょう
going out of business
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Examples
老舗が廃業した。
しにせがはいぎょうした。
The long-established shop went out of business.
後継者がいないため廃業を決めた。
こうけいしゃがいないためはいぎょうをきめた。
With no successor, they decided to close the business.
不況で廃業に追い込まれた店は少なくない。
ふきょうではいぎょうにおいこまれたみせはすくなくない。
Quite a few shops were forced to shut down by the recession.
Common patterns
- 廃業に追い込まれる
- to be forced out of business
- 廃業を決める
- to decide to close down
- 廃業が相次ぐ
- closures come one after another
Memory tip
Shutting a business down by choice, often because the owner is old or has no successor. 倒産 is different: that means it collapsed under its debts.
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