9月くがつの、9ぶりに2%（に）を

September core CPI up 2.1%, above 2% for the first time in 9 months (rice down, green tea and food up)

やさしい日本語

によると、9月くがつのはより2.1%（にてんいち）ました。2%（に）をたのは9ぶりです。
や、などがしました。は33.8%（さんじゅうさんてんはち）もました。
、たおは20.6%（にじゅってんろく）ました。

In English

Japan's core consumer price index (excluding fresh food) for September rose 2.1% from a year earlier, up from 1.7% in August and above 2% for the first time in nine months (since December 2025), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (総務省) said on Oct 23. Food excluding fresh food rose 2.9%, with prepared food, eating out and sweets standing out. Green tea jumped 33.8% (the highest since comparable data began in 1971, as strong matcha demand has cut green-tea output, per Nikkei), saury (サンマ) 27.8%, toilet paper 17.8% and mobile phones 10.9%. Higher hotel rates and the end of Tokyo's free basic water fee also pushed prices up. On the other hand, rice, which soared last year, fell 20.6%, the biggest drop since comparable data began in 1971, and energy fell 0.6% thanks to government subsidies.

Phrases to steal

物価が上がる
prices (cost of living) go up
、がて、がです。
値上がりする
to go up in price
のがまたしましたね。
〜を上回る
to exceed / be above (a number or target)
のはをました。

Grammar

〜一方（で）
on the other hand / while（食料（しょくりょう）は上（あ）がった。一方（いっぽう）、お米（こめ）は下（さ）がった）

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