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小売物価指数は経済活動のバロメーターです。

Sentence Analyzer

小売 物価 指数 経済 活動 バロメーター です

English Translation

The retail price index is a barometer of economic activity.

Furigana

小売(こうり)物価(ぶっか)指数(しすう)経済(けいざい)活動(かつどう)のバロメーターです。

Romanji

Kouri bukka shisū wa keizai katsudō no barome-ta- desu.

Words

小売 (こうり)
retail
物価 (ぶっか)
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
指数 (しすう)
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
経済 (けいざい)
economics; business; finance; economy
活動 (かつどう)
action; activity; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
()
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
バロメーター (バロメーター、バロメータ)
barometer
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: バイ、 う.る、 う.れる
Meaning: sell
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
Meanings: value, price
Readings: シ、 ゆび、 さ.す、 -さ.し
Meanings: finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい
Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures
Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 へ.る、 た.つ、 たていと、 はか.る、 のり
Meanings: sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
Readings: サイ、 セイ、 す.む、 -ず.み、 -ずみ、 す.まない、 す.ます、 -す.ます、 すく.う、 な.す、 わたし、 わた.る
Meanings: finish, come to an end, excusable, need not
Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける
Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake