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- Japanese · calque of失われた10年
- English todaylost decade
Calque of Japanese 失われた10年 (ushinawareta juu-nen).
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lost decade
Today it means: A period of economic stagnation, originally referring to Japan in the 1990s (later extended to the 2000s and sometimes the 2010s). Full definition →
Japanese 失われた10年