なぜか、景気の良いときには日本の神話にちなんだ名前が付けられています。

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English Translation

For some reason economic booms have names taken from Japanese mythology given to them.

Furigana

なぜか、景気(けいき)の良(よ)いときには日本(にっぽん)の神話(しんわ)にちなんだ名前(なまえ)が付(つ)けられています。

Romanji

Naze ka, keiki no yoi tokini wa Nippon no shinwa ni chinanda namae ga tsukerareteimasu.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

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

景気 (けいき)

condition; state; business (condition)

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

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

は (は)

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

神話 (しんわ)

myth; legend

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

因む (ちなむ)

to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

名前 (なまえ)

name; full name; given name; first name

が (が)

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

付ける (つける)

to attach; to join; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment); to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry; to appraise; to set (a price); to allot; to budget; to assign; to bring alongside; to place (under guard or doctor); to follow; to shadow; to load; to give (courage to); to keep (an eye on); to establish (relations or understanding); to turn on (light)