(がっこう)

school

(ぶかつどう)

club activities

(ちいき)

region; area

(まかせる)

to entrust, to leave to someone

(うごき)

movement; trend

(ちゅうがっこう)

middle school / junior high school

(くらぶ)

club

(うつす)

to move; to transfer

(ひろがる)

to spread

(いままで)

until now / so far

(せんせい)

teacher

(ほうかご)

after school

(しゅうまつ)

weekend

(おしえる)

to teach

(しかし)

however, but

(しごと)

work, job

(おおい)

many

(やすみ)

holiday, rest

(とる)

to take

(あたらしい)

new

(ほうほう)

method; way

(すぽーつ)

sport

(けいけん)

experience

(ひと)

person / people

(しどう)

guidance, coaching

(せいと)

student (middle/high school)

(おわる)

to end

(ちかく)

nearby

(たいいくかん)

gymnasium

(ぐらうんど)

ground, playing field

(あつまる)

to gather; to come together

(し)

city

(きょねん)

last year

(れんしゅう)

practice, training

(さんか)

participation

(いろいろ)

various

(ともだち)

friend

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(もんだい)

problem

(のこる)

to remain / to stay behind

(たりる)

to be enough; to be sufficient

(ある)

a certain (some)

(おかね)

money

(かてい)

household; home; family

(くに)

country; the government

(らいねん)

next year

(しくみ)

structure, system, mechanism

(ぜんこく)

nationwide; the whole country

(ひろげる)

to expand; to spread; to broaden

(かんがえる)

to think; to consider

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる/います. Can describe an action in progress or a state that continues from a past change.

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.

hard to ~; difficult to ~

Attached to a verb stem to describe difficulty — 'people who have difficulty hearing'.

after ~

Indicates that something happened after a prior action. Used here after 'deciding to stop fighting'.

from (starting point)

Indicates the origin or source. 建物の中から means 'from inside the building'.

quotative particle

Marks the content of what someone said or reported. Used with 言う here.

on the other hand

Introduces the opposing concern: 一方で、心配する声もある.

because ~ / since ~

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

can; be able to (potential form)

The potential form of する expresses ability. 相談できる = 'can consult'.

might, maybe, possibly

Expresses possibility or uncertainty. Attached directly to the plain form of verbs, adjectives, or nouns. Less certain than でしょう.

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.

学校の部活動を地域に任せる動き

A move to hand school club activities over to local communities

中学校の部活動を、地域のクラブに移す動きが広がっています。

A trend of moving junior high school club activities to community clubs is spreading.

今までは、先生が放課後や週末に部活動を教えていました。

Until now, teachers taught the club activities after school and at weekends.

しかし、先生の仕事が多くなり、休みが取りにくくなっていました。

However, teachers' workloads grew and it had become hard for them to take time off.

新しい方法では、地域のスポーツクラブや、経験のある人が指導します。

Under the new approach, community sports clubs and people with experience do the coaching.

生徒は学校が終わったあと、近くの体育館やグラウンドに集まります。

After school ends, the students gather at a nearby gymnasium or sports ground.

ある市では、去年から週末の練習を地域に任せています。

In one city, weekend practice has been left to the community since last year.

参加した生徒は「いろいろな学校の友だちができました」と話しました。

A student who took part said, "I made friends from all sorts of schools."

一方で、問題も残っています。

On the other hand, problems also remain.

指導する人が足りない地域があります。

There are areas where there are not enough people to coach.

お金がかかるので、参加できない家庭もあるかもしれません。

Because it costs money, there may also be families that cannot take part.

国は、来年までにこの仕組みを全国に広げたいと考えています。

The government wants to expand this system nationwide by next year.