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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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 。

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)

Kanji

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

況

Readings: キョウ、 まし.て、 いわ.んや、 おもむき

Meanings: condition, situation

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

経

Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 へ.る、 た.つ、 たていと、 はか.る、 のり

Meanings: sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp

済

Readings: サイ、 セイ、 す.む、 -ず.み、 -ずみ、 す.まない、 す.ます、 -す.ます、 すく.う、 な.す、 わたし、 わた.る

Meanings: finish, come to an end, excusable, need not

回

Readings: カイ、 エ、 まわ.る、 -まわ.る、 -まわ.り、 まわ.す、 -まわ.す、 まわ.し-、 -まわ.し、 もとお.る、 か.える

Meanings: -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences

復

Readings: フク、 また

Meanings: restore, return to, revert, resume

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin