Completed in 1958, the Tokyo Tower represented the state of mind that Japan was holding on to at the time. The country was going through a postwar boom and they wanted to prove that they can be an economic powerhouse. This meant that the construction of the tower served not just a practical purpose, but also a symbolic one.
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Completed in 1958,
1958年に完成しました。
S the Tokyo Tower
VO [represented] the state of mind
東京タワーは心を象徴していました。
[that]
Ｓ Japan
V [was holding on]
補足 [to] at the time.
日本が抱えるようにしていた(大事にしていた)その時代の
S The country
VO [was going through] a postwar boom
[and]
S they
VO [wanted] [to prove] that
S they
VO [can be] an economic powerhouse.
日本は戦後ブームを経験して、そして彼らは経済大国だと証明したかった。
This meant [that]
Ｓ the construction [of] the tower
V O[served] not just a practical purpose,
補足[but] also a symbolic one.
タワーの建設が実用的な目的だけではなく、象徴的な目的としても意味しました。