(とうきょう)

Tokyo

(としょかん)

library

(あたらしい)

new

(ろぼっと)

robot

(はたらく)

to work

(ほん)

book

(はこぶ)

to carry; to transport

(しごと)

work, job

(ひと)

person / people

(かえす)

to return (something); to give back

(たな)

shelf

(もどす)

to put back, to restore

(いちにち)

one day

(さつ)

counter for books (冊)

(ゆっくり)

slowly, at ease, peacefully

(うごく)

to move

(まえ)

before, previous

(いる)

to exist, to be (animate)

(とまる)

to stop

(だから)

so, therefore

(あんぜん)

safety

(くる)

to come

(こどもたち)

children

(みる)

to see, watch

(よろこぶ)

to be delighted, to be glad

(てつだう)

to help

(わたしたち)

we; us

(じかん)

time

(できる)

to be able; to be made

(これから)

from now on

(もっと)

more / further

(りようしゃ)

user

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(ほか)

other

(まち)

town

(おなじ)

same

(つかう)

to use

(いう)

to say

start doing ~

Compound verb form expressing the start of an action; sending scallops has started.

about ~ / approximately ~

Indicates approximate quantity. About 230mm of rain falls normally.

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.

when ~

Indicates the time when something happened — when he was in junior high school.

because ~ / since ~

Causal connector. Because JA is buying at higher prices, store prices will also rise.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

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.

図書館でロボットが本を運ぶ

A robot carries books at the library

東京の図書館で、新しいロボットが働き始めました。

At a library in Tokyo, a new robot has started working.

このロボットは、本を運ぶ仕事をします。

This robot does the job of carrying books.

人が返した本を、たなに戻します。

It puts the books that people return back on the shelves.

一日に、300さつぐらい運ぶことができます。

It can carry about 300 books in one day.

ロボットは、ゆっくり動きます。

The robot moves slowly.

前に人がいるとき、止まります。

When there is a person in front of it, it stops.

だから、安全です。

So it is safe.

図書館に来た子どもたちは、ロボットを見て、よろこびました。

The children who came to the library saw the robot and were delighted.

図書館の人は「ロボットが手伝うので、私たちの時間ができました。

A staff member at the library said, 'Because the robot helps us, we now have time.'

これから、もっと利用者と話したいです」と話しました。

'From now on, we want to talk more with the people who use the library,' she said.

ほかの町の図書館も、同じロボットを使いたいと言っています。

Libraries in other towns are also saying that they want to use the same robot.