この地域の失業はほぼないに等しい。

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この地域の失業はほぼないに等しい。

English Translation

Unemployment in this part of the country is virtually nonexistent.

Furigana

この地域(ちいき)の失業(しつぎょう)はほぼないに等(ひと)しい。

Romanji

Kono chiiki no shitsugyō wa hobo nai ni hitoshii.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

地域 (ちいき)

area; region

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

失業 (しつぎょう)

unemployment

は (は)

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

略 (ほぼ)

almost; roughly; approximately

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

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

等しい (ひとしい)

equal; similar; like; equivalent