１月の輸出は昨年の同月に比べ２０％の増加だった。

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English Translation

Exports in January were up 20% over the same period of last year.

Furigana

１月(いちがつ)の輸出(ゆしゅつ)は昨年(さくねん)の同月(どうげつ)に比(くら)べ２０％の増加(ぞうか)だった。

Romanji

Ichigatsu no yushutsu wa sakunen no dōgetsu ni kurabe ni zero pa-sento no zōka datta.

Words

一月 (いちがつ)

January

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

輸出 (ゆしゅつ、しゅしゅつ)

export; efferent

は (は)

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

昨年 (さくねん)

last year

同月 (どうげつ)

the same month

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

比べる (くらべる)

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

増加 (ぞうか)

increase; increment; addition

だ (だ)

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