景気の減退が始まると、短期契約社員達は次々に一時解雇を言い渡された。

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English Translation

As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.

Furigana

景気(けいき)の減退(げんたい)が始(はじ)まると、短期(たんき)契約(けいやく)社員達(しゃいんたち)は次々(つぎつぎ)に一時(いちじ)解雇(かいこ)を言(いわた)い渡()された。

Romanji

Keiki no gentai ga hajimaru to, tanki keiyaku shaintachi wa tsugitsugi ni ichiji kaiko o iiwatasareta.

Words

景気 (けいき)

condition; state; business (condition)

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

減退 (げんたい)

decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss

が (が)

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

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

と (と)

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

短期 (たんき)

short term

契約 (けいやく)

contract; compact; agreement

は (は)

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

次々 (つぎつぎ)

in succession; one by one

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

一時 (いちじ)

one o'clock; once; at one time; formerly; before; for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily; a time; one time; once

解雇 (かいこ)

discharge; dismissal

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.

言い渡す (いいわたす)

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order