不景気のため失業率は５％にまで上昇した。

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English Translation

The unemployment rate went up to 5% because of the recession.

Furigana

不景気(ふけいき)のため失業率(しつぎょうりつ)は５％にまで上昇(じょうしょう)した。

Romanji

Fukeiki no tame shitsugyōritsu wa go pa-sento ni made jōshōshita.

Words

不景気 (ふけいき)

business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

失業率 (しつぎょうりつ)

unemployment rate

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

上昇 (じょうしょう)

rising; ascending; climbing