Gasoline prices continue to rise Currently reached 160 yen/L (2021/10/06)- Easy News

続くガソリン価格上昇　とうとう160円/L台に(2021年10月6日)

Gasoline prices continue to rise Currently reached 160 yen/L (2021/10/06)

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レギュラーガソリンの全国の店頭価格は4日時点で平均1リットルあたり160円ちょうどになりました。　
The price of regular gas at stores nationwide as of the 4th is 160 yen a liter.
5週連続の値上がりで、160円台は2018年10月以来、約3年ぶりです。　
Prices have risen for five consecutive weeks, and the 160 yen level is the first in about three since October 2018.
資源エネルギー庁によりますと、世界的に新型コロナウイルスのワクチン接種が進んで経済活動が再開されるなか、
According to the Energy and Resources Administration, as coronavirus vaccinations progress around the world and economic activity resumes,
アメリカや中国を中心に石油の需要が高まっていることや天然ガスなど資源の高騰が影響しているということです。　
increasing demand especially in the US and China, adnd the surge in resources such as natural gas are affecting gas prices.
この値上がりの傾向は来週も続くとみられています。
This uptrend is expected to continue next week.

レギュラーガソリンの全国の店頭価格は4日時点で平均1リットルあたり160円ちょうどになりました。　

ガソリン

Gasoline, petrol

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

平均

Average, mean; balance, equilibrium

円

Yen, japanese monetary unit; circle

価格

Price, value, cost

全国

Countrywide, nationwide, whole country, national

リットル

Litre

時点

Point in time, occasion

レギュラー

Regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)

店頭

Shopfront, storefront, shopwindow, (near the) shop entrance; over-the-counter
5週連続の値上がりで、160円台は2018年10月以来、約3年ぶりです。　

円

Yen, japanese monetary unit; circle

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

以来

Since, henceforth

連続

Serial, consecutive, continuity, occurring in succession, continuing

週

Week

台

Stand, rack, table; support; belt; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level), range (e.g. after physical units), period (of time, e.g. a decade of one''s life)

月

Monday

年

Year; many years; age; past one''s prime, old age

値上がり

price advance, increase in value
資源エネルギー庁によりますと、世界的に新型コロナウイルスのワクチン接種が進んで経済活動が再開されるなか、

経済

Economics, business, finance, economy

世界

The world, society, the universe; sphere, circle, world; renowned, world-famous, well-known outside of japan; realm governed by one buddha, space

活動

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

的

Mark, target

ウイルス

Virus; viral

再開

Reopening, resumption, restarting

ワクチン

Vaccine

接種

Inoculation, vaccination

新型

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

コロナ

corona

資源エネルギー庁

Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
アメリカや中国を中心に石油の需要が高まっていることや天然ガスなど資源の高騰が影響しているということです。　

影響

Influence, effect; to influence, to affect, to have an influence on, to impact, to have an effect on

資源

Resources

需要

Demand, request

石油

Oil, petroleum, kerosene

中心

Center, centre, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance; -centered, -centred, -focussed, -oriented, centered on, focussed on

天然

Nature, spontaneity; natural airhead

中国

China; chugoku region of western honshu (incl. okayama, hiroshima, shimane, tottori and yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country, main region

高騰

Sudden price jump, steep price rise
この値上がりの傾向は来週も続くとみられています。

続く

To continue, to last, to go on; to continue (without a break), to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to, to connect to, to adjoin; to come after, to follow, to succeed, to rank next to; to hold out, to keep, to last

傾向

Tendency, trend, inclination

来週

Next week

値上がり

price advance, increase in value