経済学者の中には、主婦の労働は、現金に換算すると、ＧＮＰの約２５パーセントにのぼると見積もる人もいる。

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English Translation

Some economists estimate that housewives' services, valued in money, would amount to about 25% of GNP.

Furigana

経済(けいざい)学者(がくしゃ)の中(なか)には、主婦(しゅふ)の労働(ろうどう)は、現金(げんきん)に換算(かんさん)すると、ＧＮＰの約(やく)２５パーセントにのぼると見積(みつ)もる人(ひと)もいる。

Romanji

Keizai gakusha no nakani wa, shufu no rōdō wa, genkin ni kansansuru to, ji-enupi- no yaku ni go pa-sento ni noboru to mitsumoru hito mo iru.

Words

経済 (けいざい)

economics; business; finance; economy

学者 (がくしゃ)

scholar

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

は (は)

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

主婦 (しゅふ)

housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

労働 (ろうどう)

manual labor; manual labour; toil; work; Labour Party

現金 (げんきん)

cash; ready money; money on hand; currency; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

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

換算 (かんさん、かんざん)

conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

ＧＮＰ (ジーエヌピー)

gross national product; GNP

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

パーセント (パーセント)

percent; percentage

上る (のぼる)

to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)

見積もる (みつもる)

to estimate

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

要る (いる)

to need; to want