5月の消費動向調査　2カ月連続の上昇　基調判断も7カ月ぶりに改善(2022年5月31日)

判断

Judgment, judgement, decision, conclusion, adjudication; divination; judgement

表す

To express, to show

者

Person

暮らし

Life, living, livelihood, life circumstances

今後

From now on, hereafter

修正

Amendment, correction, revision, modification, alteration, retouching, update, fix

消費

Consumption, expenditure

心理

State of mind, mentality, psychology

上昇

Rising, ascending, climbing

大幅

Big, large, drastic, substantial; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for western clothing)

向き

Direction, orientation, aspect, situation, exposure, suitability, tendency

カ月

(number of) months

指数

Index, index number, exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation), characteristic

基調

Basic tone, underlying tone, basic theme, basis, keynote; trend; keynote

上方

Kyoto and vicinity, Kyoto-Osaka region, Kansai region (esp. during Edo period)

間

1.818 m (6 shaku); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

発表

Announcement, publication, presenting, statement, communique, making known, breaking (news story), expressing (one''s opinion), releasing, unveiling

連続

Serial, consecutive, continuity, occurring in succession, continuing

暮らし

Life, living, livelihood, life circumstances

今後

From now on, hereafter

消費

Consumption, expenditure

調査

Investigation, examination, inquiry, enquiry, survey

月

Monday

内閣

Cabinet, (government) ministry

動向

Trend, tendency, movement, attitude

前

Ago, before (some event), previously, (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of), before (e.g. the house); head (of a line), front (e.g. of a bus), fore part; in the presence of; helping, portion; privates, private parts

上昇

Rising, ascending, climbing

上がり

Rise, increase, ascent; income, proceeds, return, profit, crop yield; freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops); completion, stop, finish; end result (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.), how something comes out; after (rain, illness, etc.); ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat)

向き

Direction, orientation, aspect, situation, exposure, suitability, tendency

カ月

(number of) months

ポイント

Point; points (of a railway), switch

半年

Half year

府

(metropolitan) prefecture (of osaka and kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office

指数

Index, index number, exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation), characteristic

判断

Judgment, judgement, decision, conclusion, adjudication; divination; judgement

改善

Betterment, improvement; kaizen (japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

動き

Movement, move, motion; trend, development, change, fluctuation

カ月

(number of) months

基調

Basic tone, underlying tone, basic theme, basis, keynote; trend; keynote

下げ止まり

bottoming out, reaching a floor, ceasing to fall, edging lower

経済

Economics, business, finance, economy

社会

Society, public, community, the world; social studies

物価

Prices of commodities, prices (in general), cost-of-living

活動

Action, activity; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

材料

Ingredients, material

状況

State of affairs (around you), situation, circumstances

長期

Long time period, long term

比較的

Comparative, relative

正常

Normalcy, normality, normal

感染

Infection, contagion

高騰

Sudden price jump, steep price rise

ウイルス

Virus; viral

背景

Background, scenery, backdrop, setting, circumstance, context; backing, support (from behind the scenes)

化

Action of making something, -ification

ものの

But, although

引き続き

Continuously, continually, without a break; next, then, after that

懸念

Worry, fear, anxiety, concern

新型

New type, new style, new model, new strain (e.g. infectious disease)

侵攻

Invasion

コロナ

corona

割合

Rate, ratio, percentage, proportion; comparatively; contrary to expectations

物価

Prices of commodities, prices (in general), cost-of-living

一方

One (esp. of two), the other, one way, the other way, one direction, the other direction, one side, the other side, one party, the other party; on the one hand, on the other hand; whereas, although, but at the same time, meanwhile, in turn; just keeps, being inclined to ..., tending to be ..., tending to do ..., continuously ..., just keeps on ...ing, only

連続

Serial, consecutive, continuity, occurring in succession, continuing

過去

The past, bygone days, the previous; a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret), one''s past; past (tense), preterit, preterite; previous life

最高

Highest, supreme, the most

上り

Ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb; up-train (e.g. going to tokyo); northward (towards tokyo)

上昇

Rising, ascending, climbing

人

Person

答え

Answer, reply, response, solution

カ月

(number of) months

見通し

Unobstructed view, perspective, visibility, vista; forecast, outlook, prospect, prediction; insight, foresight

更新

Renewal, update, innovation, improvement