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悪循環

あくじゅんかん

N2vicious cycle

Examples

睡眠不足と疲労の悪循環を断ち切りたい。

値上げで客が減り、さらに値上げする悪循環に陥った。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 悪循環, read あくじゅんかん, denotes a feedback loop in which a harmful result becomes a cause that intensifies the same problem.
  • Basic usage: It describes sleep loss feeding fatigue and a price rise causing customer loss and further increases.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • A harmful feedback loop
    • It is a repeating loop in which a harmful result becomes a cause that intensifies the same problem.

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