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廃業

はいぎょう

going out of business

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Examples

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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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