大蔵省の役人は景気回復への信頼をより高めようとしました。

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English Translation

Finance Ministry officials tried to boost confidence in recovery.

Furigana

大蔵省(おおくらしょう)の役人(やくにん)は景気(けいき)回復(かいふく)への信頼(しんらい)をより高(たか)めようとしました。

Romanji

Ōkurashō no yakunin wa keiki kaifuku e no shinrai o yori takameyou to shimashita.

Words

大蔵省 (おおくらしょう)

(former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000)

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

役人 (やくにん)

government official

は (は)

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

景気 (けいき)

condition; state; business (condition)

回復 (かいふく)

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

信頼 (しんらい)

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

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.

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

高める (たかめる)

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

と (と)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to