就職活動の時期は早まる傾向にあり、マスコミ各社の面接がその先頭にたっている。

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English Translation

The job-seeking season is starting earlier each year and it's the mass media that are causing that trend by moving up their job interview schedule.

Furigana

就職(しゅうしょく)活動(かつどう)の時期(じき)は早(はや)まる傾向(けいこう)にあり、マスコミ各社(かくしゃ)の面接(めんせつ)がその先頭(せんとう)にたっている。

Romanji

Shūshoku katsudō no jiki wa hayamaru keikō ni ari, masukomi kakusha no mensetsu ga sono sentō ni tatteiru.

Words

就職 (しゅうしょく)

finding employment; getting a job

活動 (かつどう)

action; activity; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

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

時期 (じき)

time; season; period; phase; stage; soon; shortly

は (は)

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

早まる (はやまる)

to move ahead (three hours, etc.); to move up; to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed; to be hasty; to be rash

傾向 (けいこう)

tendency; trend; inclination

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

マスコミ (マスコミ)

mass communication; the media

各社 (かくしゃ)

all companies; each company

面接 (めんせつ)

interview

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

先頭 (せんとう)

head; lead; vanguard; first

起つ (たつ)

to rise up; to initiate (political) action