(ろぼっと)

robot

(りょうり)

cuisine, cooking

(はこぶ)

to carry; to transport

(れすとらん)

restaurant

(とうきょう)

Tokyo

(あたらしい)

new

(はたらく)

to work

(てーぶる)

table

(おきゃくさん)

guest / spectator / customer

(くる)

to come

(たのしい)

fun, enjoyable

(みる)

to see, watch

(みせ)

shop, store

(ひと)

person / people

(つかう)

to use

(てんいん)

shop clerk

(しごと)

work, job

(らく)

ease; comfort

(にほん)

Japan

(すくない)

few, scarce

(だから)

so, therefore

(おおい)

many

(きかい)

machine

(あさ)

morning

(よる)

night

(うごく)

to move

(もっと)

more / further

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

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

looking / seemingly (manner)

Adverbial form of ～そう describing how something appears. おいしそうに食べていました (ate looking delicious / with apparent enjoyment).

when / whenever (conditional)

The dictionary form of a verb plus と expresses that one thing regularly or naturally follows another. Here, when the robot comes, the customers watch happily.

according to ...

Cites a source of information. The noun before によると is the source. Often followed by a reported statement.

to become

Expresses a change of state; Kawai became the new commissioner of the Sports Agency.

seems like / it appears

Conjecture form — prices 'seem likely to' become high.

can do ..., to be able to ...

Verb dictionary form + ことができる expresses ability or possibility. More formal than the potential verb form. Common in written Japanese and announcements.

Probably ~; it seems that ~

Expresses conjecture or probability. More formal than ～だろう. Often used in news and weather reports.

start doing ~

Compound verb form expressing the start of an action; sending scallops has started.

ロボットが料理を運ぶレストラン

A restaurant where robots carry the food

東京の新しいレストランで、ロボットが働いています。

At a new restaurant in Tokyo, robots are working.

このロボットは料理をテーブルまで運びます。

These robots carry the food to the tables.

お客さんは、ロボットが来ると楽しそうに見ています。

When the robots come, the customers watch them happily.

店の人によると、ロボットを使うと、店員の仕事が楽になるそうです。

According to the restaurant staff, using robots makes the employees' work easier.

日本では働く人が少なくなっています。

In Japan, the number of working people is decreasing.

だから、多くの店がロボットや機械を使い始めました。

That is why many shops have started using robots and machines.

ロボットは朝から夜まで動くことができます。

Robots can work from morning until night.

これからもっと多くのレストランでロボットを見ることができるでしょう。

From now on, we will probably be able to see robots in even more restaurants.