日本は金融市場を開放するようにアメリカの圧力を受けた。

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English Translation

Japan came under American pressure to open its financial market.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)は金融(きんゆう)市場(しじょう)を開放(かいほう)するようにアメリカの圧力(あつりょく)を受(う)けた。

Romanji

Nippon wa kin'yū shijō o kaihōsuru yōni Amerika no atsuryoku o uketa.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

は (は)

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

金融 (きんゆう)

financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money

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.

開放 (かいほう)

open; throw open; liberalization; liberalisation

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

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

圧力 (あつりょく)

pressure; stress; coercion; arm-twisting

受ける (うける)

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge); to be given (e.g. life, talent); to follow; to succeed; to be descended from; to face (south, etc.); to be modified by; to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee; to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well