(びょういん)

hospital

(ろぼっと)

robot

(はたらく)

to work

(くすり)

medicine

(しょくじ)

meal

(はこぶ)

to carry; to transport

(かんごし)

nurse

(しごと)

work, job

(てつだう)

to help

(つくる)

to make

(たりる)

to be enough; to be sufficient

(もんだい)

problem

(よる)

night

(とくに)

especially / particularly

(たいへん)

tough, serious

(かんじゃ)

patient

(せわ)

care; looking after

(もっと)

more / further

(じかん)

time

(つかう)

to use

(らく)

ease; comfort

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(ほか)

other

(よてい)

plan, schedule

start doing ~

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

in order to ～

Expresses purpose.

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.

called/named ~

Used to introduce or name something. In this article, 「鳥貴族」という店 means 'a store called Torikizoku'.

conditional: if ~

Ba-form conditional expressing 'if ~ then ~'.

Thanks to ~

Expresses gratitude for a positive cause. Thanks to the sudare, it feels cool.

to become

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

to be scheduled to; plan to

Used to express a planned or scheduled future event.

病院でロボットが働き始めた

A robot has started working at a hospital

ある病院で、ロボットが働き始めました。

At a certain hospital, a robot has started working.

このロボットは、薬や食事を運びます。

This robot carries medicine and meals.

看護師の仕事を手伝うために作られました。

It was made in order to help with the nurses' work.

病院では、人が足りないという問題があります。

Hospitals have the problem that there are not enough people.

夜は特に大変です。

Nights are especially tough.

ロボットがあれば、看護師は患者の世話にもっと時間を使えます。

If there is a robot, nurses can spend more time caring for patients.

病院の人は「ロボットのおかげで、仕事が楽になりました」と話しました。

A hospital staff member said, "Thanks to the robot, the work has become easier."

これから、ほかの病院でもロボットを使う予定です。

From now on, they plan to use robots at other hospitals too.