企業は規模を縮小し、研究開発にふりむける利益分も減らしています。

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English Translation

Corporations are downsizing and reducing the amount of profits they put back into R&D.

Furigana

企業(きぎょう)は規模(きぼ)を縮小(しゅくしょう)し、研究(けんきゅう)開発(かいはつ)にふりむける利益分(りえきぶん)も減(へ)らしています。

Romanji

Kigyō wa kibo o shukushōshi, kenkyū kaihatsu ni furimukeru riekibun mo herashiteimasu.

Words

企業 (きぎょう)

enterprise; undertaking; corporation; business

は (は)

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

規模 (きぼ)

scale; scope; plan; structure

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.

縮小 (しゅくしょう)

reduction; curtailment

研究 (けんきゅう)

study; research; investigation

開発 (かいはつ、かいほつ)

development; exploitation

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

振り向ける (ふりむける)

to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

減らす (へらす)

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten