就職氷河期 しゅうしょくひょうがき Meanings Noun period of poor employment opportunities; job drought (literally: employment ice age) Kanji 就 take up. Read as シュウ. 職 job. Read as ショク. 氷 ice. Read as ヒョウ. 河 river 期 period. Read as キ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists