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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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