日本経済は毎年５％以上の率で成長を続けた。

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English Translation

The Japanese economy continued to grow by more than 5% annually.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)経済(けいざい)は毎年(まいとし)５％以上(いじょう)の率(りつ)で成長(せいちょう)を続(つづ)けた。

Romanji

Nippon keizai wa maitoshi go pa-sento ijō no ritsu de seichō o tsuzuketa.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

経済 (けいざい)

economics; business; finance; economy

は (は)

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

毎年 (まいとし、まいねん)

every year; yearly; annually

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

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

率 (りつ)

rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

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.

成長 (せいちょう)

growth; grow to adulthood

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

続ける (つづける)

to continue; to keep up; to keep on