景気後退は賃金生活者を苦境に追い込みました。

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English Translation

The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.

Furigana

景気(けいき)後退(こうたい)は賃金(ちんぎん)生活者(せいかつしゃ)を苦境(くきょう)に追(お)い込(こ)みました。

Romanji

Keiki kōtai wa chingin seikatsusha o kukyō ni oikomimashita.

Words

景気 (けいき)

condition; state; business (condition)

後退 (こうたい)

retreat; backspace; BS

は (は)

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

賃金 (ちんぎん、ちんきん)

wages; cash payment of rent

生活者 (せいかつしゃ)

consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)

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.

苦境 (くきょう)

trouble; crisis; predicament; squeeze; pinch

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

追い込む (おいこむ)

to herd; to corner; to drive