(あめりか)

America, USA

(いらん)

Iran

(たたかい)

battle, fight

(おわる)

to end

(ながいあいだ)

for a long time

(なか)

relationship / terms

(よい)

good

(ふたつ)

two

(くに)

country; the government

(なんかいも)

many times / repeatedly

(たたかう)

to fight, to battle

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(ひと)

person / people

(しぬ)

to die

(いま)

now

(はなしあい)

discussion; negotiation

(はじめる)

to begin, start

(だいとうりょう)

president

(いう)

to say

(おなじ)

same

(きもち)

feeling; emotion

(せかい)

world

(にゅーす)

news

(きく)

to listen, hear

(うれしい)

happy; glad

(はやく)

quickly, early

(へいわ)

Peace

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.

past negative (polite)

仲がよくありませんでした and 死にました-style negatives describe that the two countries were not on good terms in the past.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

and / because (te-form)

ニュースを聞いて connects hearing the news with the resulting feeling of happiness.

to become

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

it would be good to

Expresses suggestion or desirable action.

アメリカとイランの戦いが終わるかもしれない

The fighting between America and Iran may end

アメリカとイランは長い間、仲がよくありませんでした。

America and Iran have not been on good terms for a long time.

二つの国は何回も戦いました。

The two countries fought many times.

たくさんの人が死にました。

Many people died.

でも、今、二つの国は話し合いを始めました。

But now, the two countries have begun talks.

アメリカの大統領は「戦いを終わりたい」と言いました。

The President of America said, "I want to end the fighting."

イランの人も同じ気持ちです。

The people of Iran feel the same way.

世界の人はこのニュースを聞いて、うれしいです。

People around the world are happy to hear this news.

早く平和になるといいですね。

It would be good if peace came soon.