(どろーん)

drone

(にもつ)

luggage; package; cargo

(はこぶ)

to carry; to transport

(じっけん)

experiment

(はじまる)

to begin

(やま)

mountain

(なか)

inside

(むら)

village

(ひと)

person / people

(たりる)

to be enough; to be sufficient

(そこで)

and so, therefore

(かいしゃ)

company

(はじめる)

to begin, start

(そら)

sky

(とぶ)

to fly

(ちいさな)

small / little

(きかい)

machine

(くすり)

medicine

(たべもの)

food

(くるま)

car

(いちじかん)

one hour

(かかる)

to take (time/money), cost

(ところ)

place; area

(じゅっぷん)

ten minutes

(つく)

to arrive

(びょうき)

illness, sickness

(とき)

time / occasion

(すぐ)

immediately, soon

(くる)

to come

(あんしん)

relief / peace of mind

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(しかし)

however, but

(もんだい)

problem

(ある)

a certain (some)

(あめ)

rain

(つよい)

strong

(かぜ)

wind

(ひ)

day

(おもい)

heavy

(もの)

thing

(これから)

from now on

(あんぜん)

safety

(るーる)

rule

(つくる)

to make

(いう)

to say

does not ~ (polite negative)

ません is the polite negative form of verbs. It negates the action in a formal/polite context.

did ... (polite past)

Polite past tense of verbs. Formed with verb stem + ました. Used in formal or polite speech to describe completed actions.

and (non-exhaustive list)

や lists representative examples — Shikoku and Kyushu among other regions (四国や九州).

polite non-past tense

The polite non-past ～ます states what will happen — the funeral will continue.

if it is ~ / in the case of ~

Noun + なら picks up a topic and states what is true in that case: with online care (as opposed to visiting), you need no train or bus.

because ~ / since ~

Causal connector. Because JA is buying at higher prices, store prices will also rise.

quotative particle

Marks the content of what someone said or reported. Used with 言う here.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる/います. Can describe an action in progress or a state that continues from a past change.

ドローンで荷物を運ぶ実験が始まる

An experiment to deliver packages by drone begins

山の中の村では、荷物を運ぶ人が足りません。

In villages up in the mountains, there are not enough people to carry packages.

そこで、ある会社はドローンで荷物を運ぶ実験を始めました。

So one company has started an experiment to carry packages by drone.

ドローンは空を飛ぶ小さな機械です。

A drone is a small machine that flies through the sky.

実験では、薬や食べ物を運びます。

In the experiment, they carry things such as medicine and food.

車で一時間かかる所に、ドローンなら十分で着きます。

A place that takes an hour by car can be reached in ten minutes by drone.

村の人は「病気の時に薬がすぐ来るので、安心です」と話しました。

A villager said, "When someone is sick the medicine arrives right away, so it is reassuring."

しかし、問題もあります。

However, there are problems too.

雨や強い風の日は、ドローンは飛べません。

On days with rain or strong wind, the drone cannot fly.

重い物も運べません。

It cannot carry heavy things either.

会社は「これから安全なルールを作りたい」と言っています。

The company says, "From now on we want to make safety rules."