不況とは経済活動の低下、失業の広がり、物価や賃金などの下落が目立つ時期のことである。

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English Translation

Depression is a period marked by slackening of business activity, widespread unemployment, falling prices, and wages, etc.

Furigana

不況(ふきょう)とは経済(けいざい)活動(かつどう)の低下(ていか)、失業(しつぎょう)の広(ひろ)がり、物価(ぶっか)や賃金(ちんぎん)などの下落(げらく)が目立(めだ)つ時期(じき)のことである。

Romanji

Fukyō to wa keizai katsudō no teika, shitsugyō no hirogari, bukka ya chingin nado no geraku ga medatsu jiki no koto de aru.

Words

不況 (ふきょう)

recession; depression; slump

と (と)

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

は (は)

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

経済 (けいざい)

economics; business; finance; economy

活動 (かつどう)

action; activity; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

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

低下 (ていか)

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

失業 (しつぎょう)

unemployment

広がる (ひろがる)

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

物価 (ぶっか)

prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

賃金 (ちんぎん、ちんきん)

wages; cash payment of rent

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

下落 (げらく)

depreciation; decline; fall; slump

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

目立つ (めだつ)

to be conspicuous; to stand out

時期 (じき)

time; season; period; phase; stage; soon; shortly

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...