減退げんたい
gentai

Noun
Suru Verb

1. decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss

Intransitive
景気けいき減退げんたいはじまると、短期たんき契約けいやく社員しゃいんたち次々つぎつぎ一時いちじ解雇かいこいうわたさい渡された。
kēkino gentaiga hajimaruto tankikēyakushaintachiwa tsugitsugini ichiji kaikō iiwatasareta.
As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.