不況に喘ぐ店が急増している。

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不況 に 喘ぐ 店 が 急増している 。

English Translation

There is a rapid increase in shops struggling in the depression.

Furigana

不況(ふきょう)に喘(あえ)ぐ店(みせ)が急増(きゅうぞう)している。

Romanji

Fukyō ni aegu mise ga kyūzōshiteiru.

Words

不況 (ふきょう)

recession; depression; slump

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

喘ぐ (あえぐ)

to gasp; breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

が (が)

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

急増 (きゅうぞう)

rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion

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

喘

Readings: ゼン、 セン、 あえ.ぐ、 せき

Meanings: pant, gasp, breathe hard

店

Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな

Meanings: store, shop

急

Readings: キュウ、 いそ.ぐ、 いそ.ぎ

Meanings: hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

増

Readings: ゾウ、 ま.す、 ま.し、 ふ.える、 ふ.やす

Meanings: increase, add, augment, gain, promote