(うえの)

Ueno (place name)

(どうぶつえん)

zoo

(ぱんだ)

panda

(あかちゃん)

Baby

(うまれる)

to be born

(とうきょう)

Tokyo

(せんしゅう)

last week

(きんようび)

Friday

(おんなのこ)

girl

(とても)

very; extremely

(ちいさい)

small

(いま)

now

(からだ)

body

(しろい)

white

(いろ)

color

(ひと)

person / people

(げんき)

Healthy; energetic; lively

(いう)

to say

(おかあさん)

mother

(いつも)

always, usually

(ちかく)

nearby

(いる)

to exist, to be (animate)

(みるく)

milk

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(のむ)

to drink

(すこしずつ)

little by little

(おおきい)

big; large

(なる)

to become

(まだ)

still; yet

(おきゃくさん)

guest / spectator / customer

(みせる)

to show; to display

(なまえ)

name

(みんな)

Everyone; everybody

(きめる)

to decide

(くがつ)

September

(ごろ)

around; about (time)

(たのしみ)

pleasure, looking forward to

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.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

plan to / is scheduled to

Indicates a scheduled plan or intent.

上野動物園でパンダの赤ちゃんが生まれた

A baby panda was born at Ueno Zoo

東京の上野動物園で、パンダの赤ちゃんが生まれました。

A baby panda was born at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo.

生まれたのは先週の金曜日です。

It was born last Friday.

赤ちゃんは女の子で、とても小さいです。

The baby is a girl and is very small.

今、体は白い色です。

Right now, its body is white.

動物園の人は「赤ちゃんは元気です」と言いました。

A zoo staff member said, "The baby is healthy."

お母さんのパンダは、いつも赤ちゃんの近くにいます。

The mother panda is always near the baby.

赤ちゃんは、お母さんのミルクをたくさん飲んでいます。

The baby is drinking a lot of its mother's milk.

少しずつ大きくなっています。

It is gradually getting bigger.

赤ちゃんパンダは、まだお客さんに見せません。

The baby panda is not yet being shown to visitors.

動物園は、赤ちゃんの名前をみんなで決めたいと言いました。

The zoo said it wants everyone to decide the baby's name together.

九月ごろに、お客さんに見せる予定です。

They plan to show it to visitors around September.

たくさんの人が、赤ちゃんパンダを楽しみにしています。

Many people are looking forward to the baby panda.