景気循環とは好況時と不況時が交互に繰り返し起こることである。

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English Translation

A business cycle is a recurring succession of periods of prosperity and periods of depression.

Furigana

景気(けいき)循環(じゅんかん)とは好況時(こうきょうじ)と不況時(ふきょうじ)が交互(こうご)に繰(く)り返(かえ)し起(お)こることである。

Romanji

Keiki junkan to wa kōkyōji to fukyōji ga kōgo ni kurikaeshi okoru koto de aru.

Words

景気 (けいき)

condition; state; business (condition)

循環 (じゅんかん)

circulation; rotation; cycle

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

は (は)

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

が (が)

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

交互 (こうご)

mutual; reciprocal; alternate

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

繰り返す (くりかえす)

to repeat; to do something over again

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...