(じどう)

automatic

(はしる)

to run

(ばす)

bus

(じっけん)

experiment

(はじまる)

to begin

(とうきょう)

Tokyo

(ちかく)

nearby

(まち)

town

(うんてんしゅ)

driver

(うんてん)

operation, driving

(ひと)

person / people

(みち)

road, street, path

(えき)

station

(びょういん)

hospital

(やく)

approximately, about

(きろ)

kilogram, kilo

(ゆっくり)

slowly, at ease, peacefully

(なか)

inside

(かいしゃ)

company

(のる)

to ride, board

(あんぜん)

safety

(みる)

to see, watch

(あぶない)

dangerous

(とめる)

to stop, to halt

(すくない)

few, scarce

(とし)

year

(とる)

to take (in)

(くるま)

car

(おおい)

many

(ある)

a certain (some)

(かいもの)

shopping

(いく)

to go

(べんり)

convenient

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(らいねん)

next year

(がつ)

month (counter)

(つづく)

to continue

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.

did ... (polite past)

Polite past tense of verbs. Formed with verb stem + ました. Used in formal or polite speech to describe completed actions.

even without ~ / even if not ~

Negative te-form with も meaning even if not. Here 予約をしなくても (even without making a reservation).

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.

from ... to ...

Indicates a range of time, place, or quantity. から marks the starting point, and here it is used to show a range (2週間から3週間).

polite non-past tense

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

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.

when ~

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

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.

polite copula / is, am, are

Describes states such as the mother panda being healthy and the baby being small.

when ..., if ... (natural consequence)

Conditional と indicating that when one thing happens, another naturally follows. States general truths, habitual results, or inevitable consequences.

and (non-exhaustive list)

や lists representative examples — Shikoku and Kyushu among other regions (四国や九州).

自動で走るバスの実験が始まる

A trial of a self-driving bus begins

東京の近くの町で、運転手がいないバスの実験が始まりました。

In a town near Tokyo, a trial of a bus with no driver has begun.

このバスは、人が運転しなくても道を走ることができます。

This bus can travel along the road even when nobody is driving it.

バスは駅から病院まで、約3キロの道をゆっくり走ります。

The bus runs slowly along a route of about three kilometres, from the station to the hospital.

バスの中には会社の人が乗って、安全を見ています。

A company employee rides on board the bus, keeping an eye on safety.

危ないときは、その人がバスを止めます。

When it is dangerous, that person stops the bus.

この町では、バスの運転手が少なくなりました。

In this town, bus drivers have become fewer.

年をとった人は、車の運転ができない人も多いです。

Among older people, there are also many who cannot drive a car.

町の人は「バスがあると、買い物や病院に行くときに便利です」と話しました。

A resident said, "If there is a bus, it is convenient when going shopping or to the hospital."

実験は来年の3月まで続きます。

The trial will continue until March next year.