不景気だと言いつつ、今年のゴールデンウイークに海外旅行をする人は過去最高らしい。

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English Translation

Even though we're supposedly in a recession, people are traveling abroad in record numbers this Golden Week holiday.

Furigana

不景気(ふけいき)だと言(い)いつつ、今年(ことし)のゴールデンウイークに海外(かいがい)旅行(りょこう)をする人(ひと)は過去(かこ)最高(さいこう)らしい。

Romanji

Fukeiki da to ii tsutsu, kotoshi no go-ruden'ui-ku ni kaigai ryokō o suru hito wa kako saikō rashii.

Words

不景気 (ふけいき)

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

つつ (つつ)

while; even though; despite

今年 (ことし、こんねん)

this year

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

ゴールデンウィーク (ゴールデンウィーク、ゴールデンウイーク、ゴールデン・ウィーク、ゴールデン・ウイーク)

Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)

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

海外 (かいがい)

foreign; abroad; overseas

旅行 (りょこう)

travel; trip

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

過去 (かこ)

the past; bygone days; the previous; a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past; past (tense); preterit; preterite; previous life

最高 (さいこう)

highest; supreme; the most

らしい (らしい)

seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay); appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ...