しばらく不況だった日本経済の回復が、ようやく始まった。

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English Translation

The recovery of Japan's economy, which has been in a recession for some time, is finally under way.

Furigana

しばらく不況(ふきょう)だった日本(にっぽん)経済(けいざい)の回復(かいふく)が、ようやく始(はじ)まった。

Romanji

Shibaraku fukyō datta Nippon keizai no kaifuku ga, yōyaku hajimatta.

Words

暫く (しばらく、しゅゆ、すゆ)

little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; it's been a long time

不況 (ふきょう)

recession; depression; slump

だ (だ)

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

経済 (けいざい)

economics; business; finance; economy

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

回復 (かいふく)

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

が (が)

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

漸く (ようやく)

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; hardly; only just; gradually; little by little; by degrees

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)