(しがいち)

built-up area; urban district

(くま)

bear

(もくげき)

sighting; witnessing

(あいつぐ)

to occur in succession; to happen one after another

(ことし)

this year

(ぜんこく)

nationwide; the whole country

(もくげきじょうほう)

sighting report

(やま)

mountain

(じゅうたく)

housing; residence

(ちかく)

nearby

(えき)

station

(しゅうへん)

surroundings / vicinity

(すがた)

figure; appearance

(かくにん)

confirmation, checking

(じちたい)

local government / municipality

(ちゅうい)

caution, warning

(よびかける)

to call out; to appeal

(せんもんか)

expert, specialist

(きのみ)

tree nuts, berries

(ふさく)

poor harvest; bad crop

(げんいん)

cause / reason

(ひとつ)

one (thing)

(えさ)

feed / bait (animal food)

(もとめる)

to seek, request

(さと)

village; settled land near the mountains

(おりる)

to come down, descend

(くだもの)

fruit

(なまごみ)

kitchen waste; food scraps

(におい)

smell; odor

(ひきよせる)

to draw near; to attract

(れい)

example; case

(すくない)

few, scarce

(たいさく)

countermeasure

(しゅうかく)

harvest

(はやめに)

early, ahead of time

(とりのぞく)

to remove / get rid of

(また)

again

(あさ)

morning

(ゆうがた)

evening

(ひとり)

one person / alone

(はいる)

to enter, be contained in

(すず)

bell

(らじお)

radio

(おと)

sound

(だす)

to serve, put out

(ゆうこう)

effective; valid

(であう)

to meet, to encounter

(はしる)

to run

(しずか)

quiet

(はなれる)

to be apart

(たいせつ)

important

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.

Not only ~ but also

Expresses that something is not limited to one thing. Not only Tokyo and Kyoto, but various other places too.

and (formal ～ている)

Formal/written form of ～ていて, connecting clauses. Here competition is becoming fierce, and... (激しくなっており).

according to ...

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

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).

until / as far as

Indicates an end point in space or time. Here it expresses how far the balls flew.

come toward (action approaching)

Indicates motion toward the speaker or a location. Here it describes rocks flying toward people.

passive voice: was/were ~ed

Passive form indicating that the subject receives the action. '食べられて' means 'were eaten'. Central grammar of this article about tulips being eaten by deer.

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).

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.

to request/urge that ~

注意するよう求めています means experts are urging people to be careful of aftershocks.

if ..., when ...

Conditional form indicating 'if' or 'when' something happens. Formed by adding ら to the た-form of a verb. Expresses a hypothetical or temporal condition.

without doing ～

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

市街地でクマの目撃が相次ぐ

Bear sightings come one after another in built-up areas

今年は全国でクマの目撃情報が相次いでいる。

This year, reports of bear sightings are coming in one after another across the country.

山だけでなく、住宅の近くや駅の周辺でも姿が確認されており、自治体は注意を呼びかけている。

Bears have been spotted not only in the mountains but also near homes and around stations, and local authorities are calling for caution.

専門家によると、山の木の実が不作だったことが原因の一つだという。

According to experts, one cause is said to be a poor crop of nuts and berries in the mountains.

えさを求めたクマが、里まで下りてくる。

Bears searching for food come all the way down to the villages.

果物や生ごみのにおいに引き寄せられる例も少なくない。

There are more than a few cases of bears being drawn in by the smell of fruit and kitchen waste.

対策として、自治体は収穫しない果物を早めに取り除くよう求めている。

As a countermeasure, local authorities are urging residents to remove fruit they will not harvest as early as possible.

また、朝や夕方に一人で山へ入らないこと、鈴やラジオで音を出すことも有効とされる。

It is also considered effective not to go into the mountains alone in the morning or evening, and to make noise with a bell or a radio.

クマに出会ったら、走らずに静かに離れることが大切だ。

If you do meet a bear, the important thing is to move away quietly rather than running.