中小企業は生き残るために、じっと耐えていかなければなりません。

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English Translation

Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.

Furigana

中小(ちゅうしょう)企業(きぎょう)は生(い)き残(のこ)るために、じっと耐(た)えていかなければなりません。

Romanji

Chūshō kigyō wa ikinokoru tameni, jitto taeteikanakerebanarimasen.

Words

中小 (ちゅうしょう)

small to medium

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

生き残る (いきのこる)

to survive

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

凝乎と (じっと、じーっと、じーと、じいっと)

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically; firmly (e.g. hold); restrained

耐える (たえる、こらえる、こたえる)

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with; to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave; to be fit for; to be equal to

Kanji

中

Readings: チュウ、なか、うち、あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

小

Readings: ショウ、ちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ-

Meanings: little, small

企

Readings: キ、くわだ.てる、たくら.む

Meanings: undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan

業

Readings: ギョウ、ゴウ、わざ

Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

残

Readings: ザン、サン、のこ.る、のこ.す、そこな.う、のこ.り

Meanings: remainder, leftover, balance

耐

Readings: タイ、た.える

Meanings: -proof, enduring