日本の１９９８年末の金・外貨準備高は６８９億ドルで、１年前の７７０億ドルを下回った。

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日本の１９９８年末の金・外貨準備高は６８９億どるで、１年前の７７０億どるを下回った。

English Translation

Japan's gold and foreign exchange reserves stood at $68.9 billion at the end of 1998, down from $77.0 billion a year earlier.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の１９９８年末(ねんまつ)の金(きん)・外貨(がいか)準備高(じゅんびだか)は６８９億(おく)ドルで、１年(ねん)前(まえ)の７７０億(おく)ドルを下回(したまわ)った。

Romanji

Nippon no ichi kyū kyū hachi nenmatsu no kin gaika junbidaka wa roku hachi kyū oku doru de, ichi nen mae no nana nana zero oku doru o shitamawatta.

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

八 (はち、や)

eight

年末 (ねんまつ)

end-of-year

金 (きん)

gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); valuable; of highest value; gold coin; money; Friday; metal (fourth of the five elements); Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); gold general; testicles; karat; carat

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

外貨 (がいか)

foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods

は (は)

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

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

億 (おく)

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

ドール (ドール、ドル)

doll; dhole (Cuon alpinus); Indian wild dog

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

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.

下回る (したまわる)

to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under