失業

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 失業, read しつぎょう, means being without a job after losing employment.
• Basic usage: It appears in discussions of losing a job through a factory closure or living through unemployment.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Focus compared with 退職
  • 退職 focuses on leaving a place of employment. 失業 focuses on being without work after losing a job.