追い風

Japanese

Kanji in this term
追	風
お Grade: 3	かぜ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

追(お)い風(かぜ) • (oikaze) 

1. tailwind
2. (figuratively) favorable circumstances

   歴史的(れきしてき)な円高(えんだか)を追(お)い風(かぜ)に、日本(にほん)企業(きぎょう)が海外(かいがい)の企業(きぎょう)を買収(ばいしゅう)する

   rekishiteki na endaka o oikaze ni, nihon kigyō ga kaigai no kigyō o baishū suru

   With the favorable condition of the historically strong yen, Japanese businesses are buying foreign ones