(つかう)

to use

(けいたいでんわ)

mobile phone; cell phone

(ぱそこん)

personal computer

(きん)

gold

(どう)

bronze, copper

(きんぞく)

metal

(とりだす)

to take out; to extract

(とりくみ)

efforts, initiatives

(ぜんこく)

nationwide; the whole country

(じちたい)

local government / municipality

(ひろがる)

to spread

(こうした)

such / this kind of

(こがたかでん)

small home appliance

(わずか)

slight, only a little

(きちょう)

precious, valuable

(ふくむ)

to contain / to hold (within)

(としこうざん)

urban mine (metals held in discarded electronics)

(かんきょうしょう)

Ministry of the Environment

(にほん)

Japan

(ねんかん)

period of ~ years

(すてる)

to throw away; to discard

(やく)

approximately, about

(まん)

ten thousand

(とん)

ton (unit)

(ある)

a certain (some)

(なか)

inside

(かち)

value, worth

(すうひゃく)

several hundred

(おく)

one hundred million

(えん)

yen (currency); circle

(なる)

to become

(しかし)

however, but

(じっさい)

actually; practically; in reality

(かいしゅう)

collection, recovery

(いちぶ)

part, portion

(かくち)

various places, everywhere

(しやくしょ)

city hall

(えき)

station

(かいしゅうぼっくす)

collection box

(おく)

to place, put

(あつめる)

to collect

(きき)

device, equipment

(こうじょう)

factory

(ぶんかい)

decomposition, breakdown

(わける)

to divide; to separate; to sort

(たんとうしゃ)

person in charge

(いちだい)

one unit (of a machine)

(ちいさい)

small

(あつまる)

to gather; to come together

(おおきな)

big (attrib.)

(しげん)

resources

(だす)

to serve, put out

(はなす)

to speak, talk

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.

because ～

Provides a reason or cause.

such as / etc.

Used to give examples from a larger group.

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.

but / however (contrast)

Conjunctive particle used to connect two clauses with contrasting or unexpected information.

passive form

Passive voice. 愛される means 'to be loved', describing the kind of store the worker aspires to create.

is called / referred to as

Used in 南海トラフと呼ばれている to introduce and name the geological trough where the simulated earthquake occurred.

according to ...

Cites a source of information. The noun before によると is the source. Often followed by a reported statement.

it is said that ~

Passive form expressing common knowledge or reputation. It is said that aquaculture of nodoguro is difficult.

is nothing more than, is only

Emphasises that an amount is smaller or less significant than expected. Here only a fraction of the appliances is actually collected.

come to / reach the point where

Indicates a change in state or ability.

each, by every ~

Indicates that something is done for every unit of the noun. Here the recovered material is separated metal by metal.

each / per

Indicates equal distribution. Here 2回ずつ (two times each).

even if; even though

Used to express concession or hypothetical situation.

conditional: if ~

Ba-form conditional expressing 'if ~ then ~'.

negative form: does not ~, will not ~

The plain negative 出ない in the headline and the polite negative 出ません in the article both say that Ohtani will not appear in the game.

without doing ～

Used in 悩まずに ('without worrying alone') to encourage people to seek consultation.

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.

小型家電から金属を取り出す取り組み

Efforts to extract metals from small home appliances

使わなくなった携帯電話やパソコンから、金や銅などの金属を取り出す取り組みが、全国の自治体で広がっています。

Efforts to extract metals such as gold and copper from mobile phones and computers that are no longer used are spreading among local governments nationwide.

こうした小型家電には、わずかですが貴重な金属が含まれていて、「都市鉱山」と呼ばれています。

These small appliances contain small but precious amounts of metal, and are called an 'urban mine'.

環境省によると、日本で1年間に捨てられる小型家電は約65万トンあります。

According to the Ministry of the Environment, about 650,000 tons of small home appliances are thrown away in Japan each year.

その中に含まれる金属の価値は、数百億円になると言われています。

The value of the metals contained in them is said to amount to several tens of billions of yen.

しかし、実際に回収されているのは、その一部にすぎません。

However, only a fraction of them is actually collected.

各地の市役所や駅には、回収ボックスが置かれるようになりました。

Collection boxes have come to be placed at city halls and stations around the country.

集められた機器は工場で分解され、金属ごとに分けられます。

The collected devices are taken apart at factories and sorted by metal.

担当者は「一台ずつは小さくても、集まれば大きな資源になります。

A person in charge said, 'Even though each single unit is small, gathered together they become a large resource.'

使わない機器は捨てずに出してほしいです」と話しています。

'We want people to hand in devices they no longer use instead of throwing them away,' he says.