(ワールドカップ)

World Cup

(にほんだいひょう)

Japan national team / representative

(べいこく)

United States of America

(れんしゅう)

practice, training

(サッカー)

soccer, football

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(せんしゅ)

player; athlete

(アメリカ)

America, United States

(あつまる)

to gather; to come together

(ほんばん)

the real performance, the main event

(しあい)

match, game

(しばらく)

for a while

(あいだ)

interval, during

(にほん)

Japan

(いがい)

other than, except

(いろいろ)

various

(くに)

country; the government

(くる)

to come

(ふだん)

usually, normally

(べつべつ)

separate, individually

(チーム)

team

(プレー)

play (in sports)

(いっしょ)

Together; at the same time

(うごく)

to move

(じかん)

time

(とても)

very; extremely

(たいせつ)

important

(かんとく)

Manager; director; coach

(どうし)

fellow, each other

(うまい)

skillful, good at

(あわせる)

to combine, match

(なんども)

many times

(おなじ)

same

(うごき)

movement; trend

(くりかえす)

to repeat

(ひとり)

one person / alone

(じぶん)

oneself

(ちから)

strength; power

(しっかり)

firmly; properly; thoroughly

(だす)

to serve, put out

(できるだけ)

as much as possible

(よい)

good

(けっか)

result

(のこす)

to leave behind, to leave uneaten

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(これから)

from now on

(ちょうし)

condition, state

(ととのえる)

to arrange, to put in order

(たいかい)

tournament, convention

(かいまく)

opening (of an event)

(まつ)

to wait

toward / in preparation for

The team practices in the US toward (in preparation for) the World Cup.

in preparation for

They practice in preparation for the real matches.

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.

because of, due to

Indicates a reason or cause. More formal than から or ので. Can follow nouns (の + ため) or plain-form verbs/adjectives.

so that ~

Indicates a goal or desired outcome. Here: so that trainees reach the Specified Skilled Worker level.

causative (make/let someone do)

The coach makes the players repeat the same movement many times.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

while doing ...

Verb stem + ながら indicates doing two things simultaneously. The action before ながら is the secondary action; the main action follows.

ワールドカップへ向け日本代表が米国で練習

Japan's national team trains in the U.S. ahead of the World Cup

サッカーのワールドカップに出る日本代表の選手たちが、アメリカに集まりました。

The players of Japan's national team, who will play in the soccer World Cup, gathered in the United States.

本番の試合に備えて、しばらくの間そこで練習をします。

To prepare for the actual matches, they will train there for a while.

日本以外のいろいろな国から選手が来ています。

The players come from various countries outside Japan.

普段は別々のチームでプレーしているため、みんなで一緒に動く時間がとても大切です。

Because they usually play on separate teams, the time they spend moving together as a group is very important.

監督は、選手同士がうまく合わせられるように、何度も同じ動きを繰り返させています。

The coach has them repeat the same movements over and over so that the players can coordinate well with one another.

選手の一人は、「自分たちの力をしっかり出して、できるだけ良い結果を残したい」と話しました。

One of the players said, "We want to fully show our ability and achieve the best results we can."

日本代表は、これからも調子を整えながら、大会の開幕を待ちます。

The national team will continue to get into shape as it waits for the tournament to begin.