無数の小企業が不景気のときに倒産した。

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無数の小企業が不景気のときに倒産した。

English Translation

Thousands of small businesses went under during the recession.

Furigana

無数(むすう)の小(しょう)企業(きぎょう)が不景気(ふけいき)のときに倒産(とうさん)した。

Romanji

Musū no shō kigyō ga fukeiki no tokini tōsanshita.

Words

無数 (むすう)

countless number; infinite number; innumerable

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

小 (しょう)

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)

企業 (きぎょう)

enterprise; undertaking; corporation; business

が (が)

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

不景気 (ふけいき)

business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

倒産 (とうさん)

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business