日銀は円のこれ以上の下落を止めようと、１ドル１５０円程度で買い支えるために介入した。

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日銀は円のこれ以上の下落を止めようと、１どる１５０円程度で買い支えるために介入した。

English Translation

In order to prevent a further drop of the Japanese currency, the Bank of Japan intervened in the market to support it at around 150 yen to the dollar.

Furigana

日銀(にちぎん)は円(えん)のこれ以上(いじょう)の下落(げらく)を止(と)めようと、１ドル１５０円程度(えんていど)で買(か)い支(ささ)えるために介入(かいにゅう)した。

Romanji

Nichigin wa en no kore ijō no geraku o tomeyou to, ichi doru ichi go zero enteido de kai sasaeru tameni kainyūshita.

Words

日銀 (にちぎん)

Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ

は (は)

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

円 (えん)

yen; Japanese monetary unit; circle

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

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

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

下落 (げらく)

depreciation; decline; fall; slump

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.

止める (とめる)

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit; to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind; to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple; to detain; to keep in custody

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

一 (いち)

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

ドール (ドール、ドル)

doll; dhole (Cuon alpinus); Indian wild dog

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (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

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.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

支える (ささえる)

to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

介入 (かいにゅう)

intervention