商務省の報告によれば、先月の小売り販売は０．７％増加しましたが、これはもっぱら好調な自動車販売によるものです。

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English Translation

The Commerce Department reports retail sales rose seven-tenths of 1 percent last month mainly thanks to strong auto sales.

Furigana

商務省(しょうむしょう)の報告(ほうこく)によれば、先月(せんげつ)の小売(こう)り販売(はんばい)は０．７％増加(ぞうか)しましたが、これはもっぱら好調(こうちょう)な自動車(じどうしゃ)販売(はんばい)によるものです。

Romanji

Shōmushō no hōkoku ni yoreba, sengetsu no kouri hanbai wa zero nana pa-sento zōkashimashita ga, kore wa moppara kōchōna jidōsha hanbai niyoru mono desu.

Words

商務省 (しょうむしょう)

Department of Commerce

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

報告 (ほうこく)

report; information

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

因る (よる)

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at

先月 (せんげつ)

last month

小売 (こうり)

retail

販売 (はんばい、ハンバイ)

sales; selling; marketing

は (は)

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

○ (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

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

増加 (ぞうか)

increase; increment; addition

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

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

専ら (もっぱら、もはら)

wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly; principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly

好調 (こうちょう)

favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape

自動車 (じどうしゃ)

automobile

に依る (による)

by means of; due to; because of; according to

者 (もの、もん)

person

です (です)

be; is