(くま)

bear

(ひと)

person / people

(おそう)

to attack; to assault

(ふたり)

two people

(けが)

injury

(ろくがつ)

June

(じゅうろくにち)

the 16th (of the month)

(いしかわけん)

Ishikawa Prefecture

(ならけん)

Nara Prefecture

(やま)

mountain

(ちかく)

nearby

(おとこ)

man

(て)

hand

(おおきい)

big; large

(すぐ)

immediately, soon

(びょういん)

hospital

(いく)

to go

(おなじ)

same

(ひ)

day

(おんな)

woman

(あし)

foot; leg

(さいきん)

recently

(まち)

town

(よく)

often, well, frequently

(みる)

to see, watch

(けいさつ)

police

(かわ)

river

(きをつける)

to be careful

(いう)

to say

(ひとり)

one person / alone

(すず)

bell

(もつ)

to have; to hold

(おと)

sound

(きく)

to listen, hear

(にげる)

to escape / to run away

past tense (plain/polite past)

Used throughout this news report to describe past events: the typhoon moved east, rain fell, warnings were issued.

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.

passive voice: was/were ~ed

Passive form indicating that the subject receives the action. '食べられて' means 'were eaten'. Central grammar of this article about tulips being eaten by deer.

~, but ~ (contrastive)

The conjunction が connects two clauses with a soft contrast. Here it contrasts rising prices with strong drink sales.

Is not ~

Polite negative form of です. Used to negate a noun or na-adjective predicate. The price is not yet affordable.

when ~

Indicates the time when something happened — when he was in junior high school.

please do ...

Polite request form. Formed with て-form + ください. Used to ask someone to perform an action.

without doing; don't do

Negative te-form used to indicate doing something without another action, or as a soft command.

it would be good to

Expresses suggestion or desirable action.

if / when (natural consequence)

Conditional と indicating a natural or expected result. 一緒に捨てると…火が出て means 'if you throw them away together, fire starts.'

熊が人を襲った　二人がけがをした

A bear attacked people; two were injured

六月十六日、石川県と奈良県で、熊が人を襲いました。

On June 16, bears attacked people in Ishikawa Prefecture and Nara Prefecture.

二人がけがをしました。

Two people were injured.

石川県では、山の近くで男の人が熊に襲われました。

In Ishikawa Prefecture, a man was attacked by a bear near the mountains.

手にけがをしましたが、大きいけがではありません。

He hurt his hand, but it was not a serious injury.

男の人はすぐに病院に行きました。

The man went to the hospital right away.

奈良県でも、同じ日に女の人が熊に襲われて、足にけがをしました。

In Nara Prefecture too, on the same day, a woman was attacked by a bear and injured her leg.

最近、町の近くで熊をよく見ます。

Recently, bears are often seen near towns.

警察は「山や川の近くに行くとき、気をつけてください」と言いました。

The police said, "When you go near mountains or rivers, please be careful."

一人で行かないで、鈴を持つといいです。

It is good not to go alone and to carry a bell.

鈴の音を聞くと、熊は逃げます。

When bears hear the sound of a bell, they run away.