有能な大蔵大臣の創意になる処置は、行き詰まった国の財政から赤字をなくすのに役立った。

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English Translation

The talented finance minister's ingenuity has helped his bankrupt nation to get out of the red.

Furigana

有能(ゆうのう)な大蔵(おおくら)大臣(だいじん)の創意(そうい)になる処置(しょち)は、行(い)き詰(づ)まった国(くに)の財政(ざいせい)から赤字(あかじ)をなくすのに役立(やくだ)った。

Romanji

Yūnōna ōkura daijin no sōi ni naru shochi wa, ikizumatta kuni no zaisei kara akaji o nakusu no ni yakudatta.

Words

有能 (ゆうのう)

able; capable; efficient; skill

大蔵 (おおくら)

Ministry of Finance

大臣 (だいじん)

cabinet minister

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

創意 (そうい)

original idea; originality

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 ...

処置 (しょち)

treatment; measure; step

は (は)

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

行き詰まる (いきづまる、ゆきづまる)

to reach the limits; to come to the end of one's tether

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

財政 (ざいせい)

financial affairs; public finance

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

赤字 (あかじ)

deficit; (being in or going into) the red; red text; red letters; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

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.

無くす (なくす)

to lose something; to get rid of; to lose someone (wife, child, etc.)

役立つ (やくだつ)

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose