国の財政は税収の落ち込みできわめて逼迫している。

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English Translation

The government finances are severely constrained because of falling tax revenues.

Furigana

国(くに)の財政(ざいせい)は税収(ぜいしゅう)の落(お)ち込(こ)みできわめて逼迫(ひっぱく)している。

Romanji

Kuni no zaisei wa zeishū no ochikomi de kiwamete hippakushiteiru.

Words

国 (くに)

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

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

財政 (ざいせい)

financial affairs; public finance

は (は)

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

税収 (ぜいしゅう)

tax yields; revenue

落ち込み (おちこみ)

decline (of something)

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.

極めて (きわめて)

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

逼迫 (ひっぱく)

stringency (financial); (monetary) tightness; impending (dangers); pressing (crisis)