(にほん)

Japan

(ある)

a certain (some)

(かいしゃ)

company

(つかう)

to use

(すまーとふぉん)

smartphone

(あつめる)

to collect

(かつどう)

activity, action

(はじめる)

to begin, start

(ふるい)

old (things)

(すまほ)

smartphone

(なか)

inside

(きん)

gold

(ぎん)

silver

(など)

et cetera, and so on

(たいせつ)

important

(きんぞく)

metal

(はいる)

to enter, be contained in

(とりだす)

to take out; to extract

(また)

again

(あたらしい)

new

(せいひん)

product

(つくる)

to make

(こう)

in this way; like this

(がいこく)

foreign country

(かう)

to buy

(へらす)

to reduce; to decrease

(えき)

station

(すーぱー)

supermarket

(はこ)

box

(おく)

to place, put

(いらない)

unwanted; not needed

(もつ)

to have; to hold

(ひと)

person / people

(いれる)

to put in

(たんとうしゃ)

person in charge

(おおく)

many, much

(きょうりょく)

cooperation

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(りさいくる)

recycling

to become no longer / to disappear

Indicates a change where something ceases to exist or can no longer be done. Here it describes that prayer gatherings can no longer be held in Hong Kong.

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.

in order to ～

Expresses purpose.

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.'

can do; be able to

Attaches to a verb's dictionary form to express ability or possibility. Here 入ることができます means 'can enter'.

want (someone) to do ...

Expresses a wish for someone else to do something. Formed with て-form + ほしい. The person you want to act is marked with に.

スマホを集めて金属をリサイクル

Collecting Smartphones to Recycle Metals

日本のある会社が、使わなくなったスマートフォンを集める活動を始めました。

A certain Japanese company has started an effort to collect smartphones that people no longer use.

古いスマホの中には、金や銀などの大切な金属が入っています。

Old smartphones contain valuable metals such as gold and silver.

集めたスマホから金属を取り出して、また新しい製品を作るために使います。

They extract the metals from the collected smartphones and use them to make new products.

こうすると、外国から買う金属を減らすことができます。

By doing this, they can reduce the amount of metal bought from abroad.

会社は、駅やスーパーに箱を置きました。

The company placed collection boxes at stations and supermarkets.

いらないスマホを持っている人は、その箱に入れることができます。

People who have smartphones they no longer need can put them in those boxes.

担当者は「多くの人に協力してほしい」と話しています。

A representative says, "We want many people to cooperate."