失業率は一月に過去５年間の最低を記録しました。

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English Translation

The unemployment rate dropped to a five-year low in January.

Furigana

失業率(しつぎょうりつ)は一月(いちがつ)に過去(かこ)５年間(ねんかん)の最低(さいてい)を記録(きろく)しました。

Romanji

Shitsugyōritsu wa ichigatsu ni kako go nenkan no saitei o kirokushimashita.

Words

失業率 (しつぎょうりつ)

unemployment rate

は (は)

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

一月 (いちがつ)

January

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

過去 (かこ)

the past; bygone days; the previous; a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past; past (tense); preterit; preterite; previous life

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

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

最低 (さいてい)

least; lowest; worst; nasty; disgusting; horrible; yuck!

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.

記録 (きろく)

record; minutes; document; a record (e.g. in sports); results; score; to record; to document; to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value