指標は前月比４％増の１２０．５に上昇した。

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English Translation

The index advanced to 120.5, up 4% from the preceding month.

Furigana

指標(しひょう)は前月比(ぜんげつひ)４％増(ぱーせんとぞう)の１２０．５に上昇(じょうしょう)した。

Romanji

Shihyō wa zengetsuhi yon pa-sentozō no ichi ni zero go ni jōshōshita.

Words

指標 (しひょう)

index; indices; indicator

は (は)

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

前月比 (ぜんげつひ)

month-to-month basis; month-over-month

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

○ (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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

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

上昇 (じょうしょう)

rising; ascending; climbing