"An unemployed person with a phone suddenly feels part of the nation," says one top executive.

“有手机的失业者突然之间会感觉到自己是国家的一部分。”一位高管说道。

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Moreover, there is a stigma in Japan if an unemployed person asks for help: “If you don’t work, you don’t deserve to eat”, the saying goes.

再者，日本有这样一句俗语：“不劳者不得食”。 因此，失业的人寻求帮助在日本是件可耻的事。

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This is not surprising since the factthat a person has been unemployed for many months is an indication that he orshe cannot easily find a new job.

这一点都不会让人惊讶，因为一个人一失业就是几个月，这说明他或她不会那么容易找到工作。

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If they understood, they'd be slower to toss the resume of an unemployed person.

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Asked when he last had spoken to an unemployed person, he said that one of his own relatives was out of work.

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It may be to help one unemployed person, a homeless person or a beggar to find an income-earning activity and begin the climb out of poverty.

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