長い不況の後で景気はやっと上向きになっている。

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English Translation

Business is finally looking up after a long depression.

Furigana

長(なが)い不況(ふきょう)の後(のち)で景気(けいき)はやっと上向(うわむ)きになっている。

Romanji

Nagai fukyō no nochi de keiki wa yatto uwamuki ni natteiru.

Words

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

不況 (ふきょう)

recession; depression; slump

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

後 (あと)

behind; rear; after; later; after one's death; remainder; the rest; descendant; successor; heir; past; previous; more (e.g. five more minutes); left

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

景気 (けいき)

condition; state; business (condition)

は (は)

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

やっと (やっと)

at last; at length; barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth

上向き (うわむき、うえむき)

pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...