クリスマスが近づくにつれて景気はいくらか回復した。

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クリスマス が 近づく につれて 景気 は いくら か 回復した 。

English Translation

With the approach of Christmas, business improved somewhat.

Furigana

クリスマスが近(ちか)づくにつれて景気(けいき)はいくらか回復(かいふく)した。

Romanji

Kurisumasu ga chikazuku nitsurete keiki wa ikura ka kaifukushita.

Words

クリスマス (クリスマス)

Christmas

が (が)

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

近づく (ちかづく、ちかずく)

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

に連れて (につれて)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

景気 (けいき)

condition; state; business (condition)

は (は)

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

幾ら (いくら)

how much?; how many?; even; even if

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

回復 (かいふく)

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

Kanji

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

景

Reading: ケイ

Meanings: scenery, view

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

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