(くまもとけん)

Kumamoto Prefecture

(おおいたけん)

Oita Prefecture

(おおあめ)

heavy rain

(ひがい)

damage; harm

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(せんしゅう)

last week

(きゅうしゅう)

Kyushu

(など)

et cetera, and so on

(つよい)

strong

(あめ)

rain

(つづく)

to continue

(みじかい)

short

(じかん)

time

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(ふる)

to fall (rain, snow)

(かわ)

river

(みず)

water

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(いくつか)

several, a few

(あふれる)

to overflow; to flood

(どうろ)

Road; street

(いえ)

house

(ながれこむ)

to flow into, to pour in

(すむ)

to live; to reside

(ばしょ)

place

(うしなう)

to lose

(ひと)

person / people

(いる)

to exist, to be (animate)

(し)

city

(まち)

town

(あんぜん)

safety

(たてもの)

building

(ようい)

preparation; readiness

(じゅうみん)

resident

(ひなん)

evacuation

(いま)

now

(おおい)

many

(かえる)

to return home

(せいふ)

government; administration

(うける)

to receive

(ちいき)

region; area

(しらべる)

to investigate; to survey

(せいかつ)

daily life; livelihood

(ひつよう)

necessary / needed

(しょくりょう)

food, provisions

(おくる)

to send / to take (someone somewhere)

(じゅんび)

preparation

(すすめる)

to advance; to move forward

(てんきよほう)

Weather forecast

(これから)

from now on

(かのうせい)

possibility

(ある)

a certain (some)

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.

and / by doing (means)

The te-form connects clauses; here it expresses the means by which the teacher creates problems (by using AI).

to make/let someone do (causative)

Causative form. Here 避難させて (make people evacuate).

can do ..., to be able to ...

Verb dictionary form + ことができる expresses ability or possibility. More formal than the potential verb form. Common in written Japanese and announcements.

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.

according to ...

Cites a source of information. The noun before によると is the source. Often followed by a reported statement.

I hear that / it is said that

Reports hearsay or information received. Here it conveys what the agency said.

熊本県や大分県で大雨　被害が出る

Heavy rain in Kumamoto and Oita Prefectures: damage occurs

先週、九州の熊本県や大分県などで、強い雨が続きました。

Last week, strong rain continued in places such as Kumamoto and Oita Prefectures in Kyushu.

短い時間にたくさんの雨が降ったため、川の水が増えました。

Because a lot of rain fell in a short time, the water in the rivers rose.

いくつかの川では、水があふれて、道路や家に流れ込みました。

In several rivers, the water overflowed and flowed into roads and houses.

この大雨で、住む場所を失った人もいます。

Because of this heavy rain, there are also people who lost their homes.

市や町は、安全な建物を用意して、住民を避難させました。

The cities and towns prepared safe buildings and evacuated the residents.

今も、多くの人が家に帰ることができません。

Even now, many people cannot return home.

政府は、被害を受けた地域を調べています。

The government is investigating the areas that suffered damage.

そして、生活に必要な水や食料を送る準備を進めています。

And they are advancing preparations to send water and food necessary for daily life.

天気予報によると、これからも雨が降る可能性があるということです。

According to the weather forecast, it is said there is a possibility of more rain from now on.