そんなに急激に利率が下がるとは誰も予想しなかった。

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English Translation

Nobody anticipated such a sharp decline in interest rates.

Furigana

そんなに急激(きゅうげき)に利率(りりつ)が下(さ)がるとは誰(だれ)も予想(よそう)しなかった。

Romanji

Sonnani kyūgeki ni riritsu ga sagaru to wa dare mo yosōshinakatta.

Words

そんなに (そんなに)

so much; so; like that

急激 (きゅうげき)

sudden; precipitous; radical

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

利率 (りりつ)

interest rate

が (が)

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

下がる (さがる)

to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; to get closer to the present day; to go south

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

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

予想 (よそう)

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture