金利が低下したことが自動車の市場を刺激した。

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English Translation

Falling interest rates have stimulated the automobile market.

Furigana

金利(きんり)が低下(ていか)したことが自動車(じどうしゃ)の市場(しじょう)を刺激(しげき)した。

Romanji

Kinri ga teikashita koto ga jidōsha no shijō o shigekishita.

Words

金利 (きんり)

interest rates

が (が)

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

低下 (ていか)

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

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

自動車 (じどうしゃ)

automobile

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

市場 (しじょう)

(the) market (as a concept)

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.

刺激 (しげき)

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation; excitement; thrill