Sign In

Dictionary

Japanese Sentence with English Translation

Back to Dictionary »

Search by Japanese

字▼

Search by English Meaning

Furigana Show|Add to ▼ Source Totoeba Project
The retail price index is a barometer of economic activity.
Romaji Hide

Vocabulary list

kouribukkashisuu
noun
  1. retail price index
kouri
noun, suru verb
  1. retail
bukkashisuu
noun
  1. a price index
bukka
noun
  1. prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
shisuu
noun
  1. index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
keizaikatsudou
noun
  1. economic activity
keizai
noun
  1. economy; economics
  2. finance; (one's) finances; financial circumstances
  3. being economical; economy; thrift
katsudou
noun, suru verb
  1. activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action
noun
  1. movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
baromeetaa
noun
  1. barometer (instrument)
  2. measure (e.g. of one's health); indicator; index; barometer
da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

Comments for this sentence

If you have a question or would like to make a comment on this sentence, please do so below. Your comment will appear in the forum for other users of the site to view and discuss.



Only registered users may post comments. You can register your free 楽しい Japanese account here.

This site uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC dictionary files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and are used in conformance with the Group's licence.