(あさひ)

Asahi (beverage company)

(りえき)

profit; benefit

(すくない)

few, scarce

(のみもの)

drink, beverage

(つくる)

to make

(かいしゃ)

company

(おかね)

money

(はなし)

talk, story

(はっぴょう)

announcement

(ことし)

this year

(きょねん)

last year

(より)

than; from

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(へる)

to decrease / to diminish

(こんぴゅーたー)

computer

(もんだい)

problem

(ある)

a certain (some)

(しょうひん)

goods; merchandise; product

(うる)

to sell

(むずかしい)

difficult

(こうじょう)

factory

(とまる)

to stop

(これから)

from now on

(なおす)

to fix; to repair

(いう)

to say

(そして)

and; and then

(また)

again

(まえ)

before, previous

(びーる)

beer

to become (い-adjective)

Expresses a change of state for い-adjectives. Drop the final い and add くなる. Indicates something has changed or will change to a new state.

nominalizer (the act of ~)

Turns a verb phrase into a noun. Here 話を聞くこと (the act of listening to a speech).

so that ~

Indicates a goal or desired outcome. Here: so that trainees reach the Specified Skilled Worker level.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

アサヒの利益が少なくなった

Asahi's profits have decreased

飲み物を作る会社「アサヒ」は、お金の話を発表しました。

Asahi, a company that makes beverages, announced its financial results.

今年、会社の利益は去年より36.7%少なくなりました。

This year, the company's profit fell 36.7% compared to last year.

利益はたくさん減りました。

The profit decreased a lot.

会社はコンピューターの問題がありました。

The company had a computer problem.

この問題で、商品を作ることや売ることが難しくなりました。

Because of this problem, making and selling products became difficult.

工場も止まりました。

The factory also stopped.

会社は「これから問題を直します」と言いました。

The company said, 'We will fix the problem from now on.'

そして、また前のようにビールや飲み物をたくさん売りたいと言いました。

And it said it wants to sell a lot of beer and beverages again, like before.