(ほっかいどう)

Hokkaido

(けがに)

hairy crab

(りょう)

fishing

(はじまる)

to begin

(しらおいちょう)

Shiraoi Town (in Hokkaido)

(とる)

to take (in)

(にち)

day

(あさ)

morning

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(ふね)

ship

(みなと)

port, harbor

(もどる)

to return / to come back

(とれる)

to be harvested

(つぎつぎ)

one after another

(はこぶ)

to carry; to transport

(ひ)

day

(やく)

approximately, about

(きょねん)

last year

(おおい)

many

(ことし)

this year

(おおきい)

big; large

(かに)

crab

(いちば)

market

(もっとも)

most; extremely

(たかい)

expensive; high

(ねだん)

price

(つく)

to be attached / stained

(えん)

yen (currency); circle

(りょうし)

fisherman

(だんせい)

man; male

(ひさしぶり)

after a long time

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(ひと)

person / people

(たべる)

to eat

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(まち)

town

(めいぶつ)

famous product; specialty

(しる)

to know, learn

polite non-past tense

The polite non-past ～ます states what will happen — the funeral will continue.

te-form connecting actions

The te-form links successive actions. Here 決めて使う means 'decide (a time) and then use', and 細かく決めて links deciding rules with announcing them.

just did ~ / only recently ~

Expresses that an action was completed very recently. She had just returned to practice in February.

passive voice

Expresses that something is done to the subject. Here the crabs were carried in (運ばれました) and Shiraoi's crabs are known as a specialty (知られています).

than / more than

Indicates comparison. Used to say prices rose on average 2.8% compared to last year.

to the extent that / as much as

ほど expresses degree — heavy rain to the extent never experienced before (…ないほどの大雨).

I hear that / it is said

Reports hearsay. 大きく育つそうです means '(I hear) they grow big'.

I hear that / it is said that

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

want someone to ~ (for my/our benefit)

Combines てもらう (receive the favor of someone doing something) with たい (want). Expresses a desire for others to do something.

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.

as / in the role of

Marks the role, capacity, or status in which something is treated. Used here as 特別な史跡として (as a special historic site).

北海道で毛ガニの漁が始まる

Hairy crab fishing season begins in Hokkaido

北海道の白老町で、毛ガニをとる漁が始まりました。

In the town of Shiraoi in Hokkaido, the fishing season for catching hairy crabs has begun.

11日の朝、漁に出た船が港に戻って、とれたばかりの毛ガニが次々と運ばれました。

On the morning of the 11th, the boats that had gone out fishing returned to port, and freshly caught hairy crabs were carried in one after another.

この日にとれた毛ガニは約4600kgで、去年より350kgほど多かったそうです。

The hairy crabs caught that day totaled about 4,600 kg, reportedly about 350 kg more than last year.

今年は大きいカニが多いということです。

It is said that there are many large crabs this year.

市場で最も高い値段がついたカニは、1kgで9880円でした。

The crab that fetched the highest price at the market sold for 9,880 yen per kilogram.

漁師の男性は「久しぶりにたくさんとれました。

A fisherman said, "We caught a lot for the first time in a while.

多くの人に食べてもらいたいです」と話していました。

I want many people to eat them."

白老町の毛ガニは、町の名物として知られています。

Shiraoi's hairy crabs are known as a specialty of the town.