Japanese People in Tokyo and Night Lights 東京の日本人と常夜灯

English:

The large economy of Japan is fascinating. Japan is the third-largest national economy in the world, after the United States and China, in terms of nominal GDP. Japan is the fourth-largest national economy in the world, after the United States, China and India, in terms of purchasing power parity as of 2019. As of 2019, Japan's large labor force consisted of 67 million workers. Japan has a low unemployment rate of around 2.4 percent. Around 16 percent of the population were below the poverty line in 2017. Japan today has the highest ratio of public debt to GDP of any so-called developed nation, with national debt at 236% relative to GDP as of 2017. The Japanese yen is really the world's third-largest reserve currency (after the US dollar and the euro).

A so-called "reserve currency" (or anchor currency) is a foreign currency that is held in significant quantities by central banks or other monetary authorities as part of their foreign exchange reserves. The reserve currency can be used in international transactions, international investments and all aspects of the global economy. It is often considered a hard currency or so-called safe-haven currency.

The yen (Japanese: 円, symbol: ¥; code: JPY; also abbreviated as JP¥) is really the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar and the Euro. It is also certainly widely used as a third reserve currency after the United States dollar and the Euro.

Japanese:

日本の大きな経済は魅力的です。日本は名目GDPで米国、中国に次ぐ世界第3位の国民経済です。日本は、2019年現在の購買力平価で、米国、中国、インドに次ぐ世界第4位の国民経済です。2019年現在、日本の大規模な労働力は6,700万人の労働者で構成されています。日本の失業率は約2.4％と低いです。 2017年には人口の約16％が貧困ラインを下回っていました。今日の日本はいわゆる先進国の中で公的債務のGDPに対する比率が最も高く、2017年の時点で国債はGDPに対して236％です。日本円は本当に世界で3番目に大きい準備通貨（米ドルとユーロに次ぐ）。

いわゆる「準備通貨」（またはアンカー通貨）は、中央銀行または他の金融当局が外貨準備の一部として大量に保有している外貨です。準備通貨は、国際取引、国際投資、および世界経済のあらゆる側面で使用できます。多くの場合、ハードカレンシーまたはいわゆるセーフヘブン通貨と見なされます。

円（日本語：円、記号：¥;コード：JPY;略してJP¥）は、実際には日本の公式通貨です。これは、米ドルとユーロに次いで、外国為替市場で3番目に取引されている通貨です。また、米ドルとユーロに続く3番目の準備通貨としても確かに広く使用されています。

常夜灯 night lights (Jōyatō)

Nouns:

夜 night, evening

ナイト night, knight

晩 night, evening

夜分 night, nighttime, evening

光 light, shine, gleam

ライト light, right, right field, right fielder

灯 light

灯り light

明り light, brightness, lamplight

火 fire, flame, light, blaze

天明 dawn, daybreak, light, daylight, dawning, aurora

朗らか cheerfulness, cheer, luster, brightness, shine, light

Adjectives:

軽い light, minor, non-serious

軽快 light, nimble

軽やか light, minor, non-serious

淡白 light, frank, ingenuous, indifferent, simple

淡泊 light, frank, ingenuous, indifferent, simple

フワフワ airy, light

容易い easy, simple, light

淡淡 indifferent, unconcerned, disinterested, plain, light

上っ調子 frivolous, light, flippant, nonchalant, shallow, light-headed

上調子 frivolous, light, flippant, nonchalant, light-headed

あっさりした light, open-hearted, simple

煌々たる brilliant, light, bright, dazzling, gleaming, sparkling

Verbs:

点ずる drop, light, kindle, make tea

点じる drop, light, kindle, make tea

点す light, light a fire, apply moxa cautery, turn on

火をつける light