零細企業はインフレで苦境に陥っています。

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零細 企業 は インフレ で 苦境 に 陥っています 。

English Translation

Small enterprises are feeling the squeeze of inflation.

Furigana

零細(れいさい)企業(きぎょう)はインフレで苦境(くきょう)に陥(おちい)っています。

Romanji

Reisai kigyō wa infure de kukyō ni ochiitteimasu.

Words

零細 (れいさい)

insignificant; trifling; paltry; cottage (industry); tiny (company)

企業 (きぎょう)

enterprise; undertaking; corporation; business

は (は)

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

インフレ (インフレ)

inflation

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

苦境 (くきょう)

trouble; crisis; predicament; squeeze; pinch

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

陥る (おちいる)

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender; to capitulate

Kanji

零

Readings: レイ、 ぜろ、 こぼ.す、 こぼ.れる

Meanings: zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher

細

Readings: サイ、 ほそ.い、 ほそ.る、 こま.か、 こま.かい

Meanings: dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise

企

Readings: キ、 くわだ.てる、 たくら.む

Meanings: undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan

業

Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ

Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance

苦

Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る

Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

境

Readings: キョウ、 ケイ、 さかい

Meanings: boundary, border, region

陥

Readings: カン、 おちい.る、 おとしい.れる

Meanings: collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into