(えき)

station

(ほーむどあ)

platform screen door

(こうじ)

construction work

(すすむ)

to advance, to progress

(さいきん)

recently

(ほーむ)

station platform

(つける)

to attach

(ぜんこく)

nationwide; the whole country

(でんしゃ)

electric train

(まつ)

to wait

(ひと)

person / people

(せんろ)

railway track

(おちる)

to fall; to drop; to strike (lightning)

(じこ)

accident; incident

(ふせぐ)

to prevent / to protect against

(しかし)

however, but

(なかなか)

not easily; hardly

(ひとつ)

one (thing)

(なんおくえん)

hundreds of millions of yen

(かかる)

to take (time/money), cost

(しゅるい)

kind; type

(いち)

position / location

(ちがう)

to differ; to be different

(かんたん)

simple / easy

(くに)

country; the government

(ねん)

year

(りようしゃ)

user

(おおい)

many

(けいかく)

plan

(かいしゃ)

company

(たんとうしゃ)

person in charge

(あんぜん)

safety

(できるだけ)

as much as possible

(はやい)

early / fast

(おわる)

to end

(はなす)

to speak, talk

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.

by means of / through

Expresses the means by which something is achieved — through sport, everyone can live together.

because ~ / since ~

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

potential / can (ru-verb)

The potential form expresses ability or possibility. Here, used in the negative, it describes elderly people who cannot quit driving.

by (a certain time)

Indicates a deadline — by February of next year, the company aims to restore shipping.

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.

駅のホームドアの工事が進む

Work on station platform doors moves ahead

最近、駅のホームにドアを付ける工事が全国で進んでいます。

Recently, construction to install doors on station platforms has been moving ahead nationwide.

ホームドアがあると、電車を待つ人が線路に落ちる事故を防ぐことができます。

When there are platform doors, accidents in which people waiting for a train fall onto the tracks can be prevented.

しかし、工事はなかなか進みません。

However, the construction does not move ahead easily.

ホームドアは一つの駅に何億円もかかります。

Platform doors cost hundreds of millions of yen for a single station.

それに、電車の種類によってドアの位置が違うので、簡単には付けられません。

In addition, because the door positions differ depending on the type of train, they cannot be installed easily.

国は2030年までに、利用者が多い駅にホームドアを付ける計画です。

The government plans to install platform doors at stations with many users by 2030.

ある会社の担当者は「安全のために、できるだけ早く工事を終わらせたい」と話しています。

A representative of one company says, 'For the sake of safety, we want to finish the work as soon as possible.'