(あめりか)

America, USA

(いらん)

Iran

(もんだい)

problem

(さっかー)

soccer

(ながい)

long

(あいだ)

interval, during

(なか)

relationship / terms

(よい)

good

(ふたつ)

two

(くに)

country; the government

(おおく)

many, much

(こと)

thing, matter

(かんがえ)

idea; thought; plan

(ちがう)

to differ; to be different

(さいきん)

recently

(また)

again

(おおきい)

big; large

(らいねん)

next year

(わーるどかっぷ)

World Cup

(はじまる)

to begin

(たいかい)

tournament, convention

(ちーむ)

team

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(おなじ)

same

(ぐるーぷ)

group

(えいきょう)

Influence; impact; effect

(せんしゅ)

player; athlete

(しあい)

match, game

(しんぱい)

worry / concern

(ふぁん)

fan (supporter)

(あんぜん)

safety

(みる)

to see, watch

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(ひと)

person / people

(すぽーつ)

sport

(なかよく)

on friendly terms / getting along

(ねがう)

to wish, hope

if/when ～ (conditional)

Used in 地震があると to express the conditional: 'if there is an earthquake [at Nankai Trough], there is tsunami danger.'

to be good / on good terms

仲が良くありません negates 仲が良い to say the two are not on good terms.

during / while

Time period during which something occurs.

by means of / with (instrument)

The particle で indicates the means or method by which an action is performed.

to become (い-adjective)

Expresses a change of state for い-adjectives. Drop the final い and add くなる. Indicates something has changed or will change to a new state.

~ begins

Used to announce that the Deaflympics have started on the 15th.

also / too

Used in '心配する人もいます' — there are ALSO people who are worried (in addition to happy people).

might, maybe, possibly

Expresses possibility or uncertainty. Attached directly to the plain form of verbs, adjectives, or nouns. Less certain than でしょう.

to become

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

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.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

to say that ~

Quoting what someone said: 「...」と話して謝りました (said ... and apologized).

to wish that ~

仲良くなることを願っています nominalizes with こと to express the wish that the two countries become friendly.

アメリカとイランの問題とサッカー

The problem between the United States and Iran, and soccer

アメリカとイランは、長い間、仲が良くありません。

The United States and Iran have not been on good terms for a long time.

二つの国は、多くのことで考えが違います。

The two countries have different views on many things.

最近、二つの国の問題がまた大きくなりました。

Recently, the problem between the two countries has grown bigger again.

来年、サッカーのワールドカップが始まります。

Next year, the soccer World Cup begins.

この大会に、アメリカとイランのチームも出ます。

The teams from the United States and Iran will also take part in this tournament.

同じグループになるかもしれません。

They might end up in the same group.

二つの国の問題は、サッカーにも影響するかもしれません。

The problem between the two countries might affect soccer as well.

選手たちは、試合のことを心配しています。

The players are worried about the matches.

ファンは、安全に試合を見たいと話しています。

Fans say they want to watch the matches safely.

多くの人が、スポーツで二つの国が仲良くなることを願っています。

Many people hope that the two countries will become friendly through sports.