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賃金と物価の悪循環を断ち切ることは困難だ。

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賃金 物価 悪循環 断ち切る こと 困難

English Translation

It is difficult to break the vicious circle of wages and prices.

Furigana

賃金(ちんぎん)物価(ぶっか)悪循環(あくじゅんかん)()()ることは困難(こんなん)だ。

Romanji

Chingin to bukka no akujunkan o tachikiru koto wa konnan da.

Words

賃金 (ちんぎん、ちんきん)
wages; cash payment of rent
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
物価 (ぶっか)
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
()
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
悪循環 (あくじゅんかん)
vicious circle
()
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.
断ち切る (たちきる)
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (a relationship); to cut off (an enemy's retreat); to block (a road, etc.); to disconnect
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
困難 (こんなん)
difficulty; distress
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Reading: チン
Meanings: fare, fee, hire, rent, wages, charge
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
Meanings: value, price
Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Reading: ジュン
Meanings: sequential, follow
Readings: カン、 わ
Meanings: ring, circle, link, wheel
Readings: ダン、 た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める
Meanings: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp
Readings: コン、 こま.る
Meanings: quandary, become distressed, annoyed
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect