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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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景気 後退 賃金 生活者 苦境 追い込みました

English Translation

The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.

Furigana

景気(けいき)後退(こうたい)賃金(ちんぎん)生活者(せいかつしゃ)苦境(くきょう)()()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
()
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)
()
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
()
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

Kanji

Reading: ケイ
Meanings: scenery, view
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: ゴ、 コウ、 のち、 うし.ろ、 うしろ、 あと、 おく.れる
Meanings: behind, back, later
退
Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Reading: チン
Meanings: fare, fee, hire, rent, wages, charge
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける
Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Readings: キョウ、 ケイ、 さかい
Meanings: boundary, border, region
Readings: ツイ、 お.う
Meanings: chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile
Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める
Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)