日本の企業はいま投資支出計画を削減している。

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日本 の 企業 は いま 投資 支出 計画 を 削減している 。

English Translation

Japanese corporations are slashing their capital spending programs.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の企業(きぎょう)はいま投資(とうし)支出(ししゅつ)計画(けいかく)を削減(さくげん)している。

Romanji

Nippon no kigyō wa ima tōshi shishutsu keikaku o sakugenshiteiru.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

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

居間 (いま)

living room (western style)

投資 (とうし)

investment

支出 (ししゅつ)

expenditure; expenses

計画 (けいかく)

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

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.

削減 (さくげん)

cut; reduction; curtailment

Kanji

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

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

投

Readings: トウ、 な.げる、 -な.げ

Meanings: throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

資

Reading: シ

Meanings: assets, resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to

支

Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う

Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

計

Readings: ケイ、 はか.る、 はか.らう

Meanings: plot, plan, scheme, measure

画

Readings: ガ、 カク、 エ、 カイ、 えが.く、 かく.する、 かぎ.る、 はかりごと、 はか.る

Meanings: brush-stroke, picture

削

Readings: サク、 けず.る、 はつ.る、 そ.ぐ

Meanings: plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave

減

Readings: ゲン、 へ.る、 へ.らす

Meanings: dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry