(にほん)

Japan

(まち)

town

(にもつ)

luggage; package; cargo

(はこぶ)

to carry; to transport

(ろぼっと)

robot

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(ちいさい)

small

(くるま)

car

(かたち)

shape, form

(ひと)

person / people

(あるく)

to walk

(みち)

road, street, path

(ゆっくり)

slowly, at ease, peacefully

(はしる)

to run

(かう)

to buy

(もの)

thing

(たべもの)

food

(いえ)

house

(つかう)

to use

(かいしゃ)

company

(おおい)

many

(たりる)

to be enough; to be sufficient

(てつだう)

to help

(しごと)

work, job

(すこし)

a little

(らく)

ease; comfort

(ぶつかる)

to crash into, to collide

(かめら)

camera

(まえ)

before, previous

(みる)

to see, watch

(ちかく)

nearby

(とまる)

to stop

(あんぜん)

safety

(まいにち)

every day

(しらべる)

to investigate; to survey

(もっと)

more / further

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.

~ and (i-adjective connector)

The て-form of i-adjectives, used to connect two adjectives or to give a reason. Formed by replacing い with くて.

like ～ / similar to ～

Used in ゲームのようにリハビリができる ('can do rehab like a game') to describe game-like therapy machines.

until / as far as

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

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.

because ～

Provides a reason or cause.

if / when (natural consequence)

Conditional と indicating a natural or expected result. 一緒に捨てると…火が出て means 'if you throw them away together, fire starts.'

to become

Expresses a change of state; Kawai became the new commissioner of the Sports Agency.

so that ... not, in order to prevent

Expresses a negative purpose - doing something so that something else does NOT happen. Formed with verb negative form + ように.

when ~

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

for the purpose of / in order to

Used in テストのために ('for the purpose of testing') to explain why the E8 train was running.

Probably ~; it seems that ~

Expresses conjecture or probability. More formal than ～だろう. Often used in news and weather reports.

荷物を運ぶロボットが増える

Robots that deliver packages are on the rise

日本の町で、荷物を運ぶロボットが増えています。

In towns across Japan, robots that carry packages are increasing.

ロボットは小さくて、車のような形です。

The robots are small and shaped like little cars.

人が歩く道をゆっくり走ります。

They travel slowly along the paths where people walk.

買った物や食べ物を家まで運びます。

They carry purchases and food all the way to people's homes.

このロボットを使う会社が多くなりました。

The number of companies using these robots has grown.

荷物を運ぶ人が足りないからです。

That is because there are not enough people to deliver packages.

ロボットが手伝うと、人の仕事が少し楽になります。

When the robots help out, people's work becomes a little easier.

ロボットは人にぶつからないように、カメラで前を見ます。

So that they do not bump into people, the robots watch ahead with a camera.

人が近くにいるとき、止まります。

When someone is nearby, they stop.

安全のために、会社は毎日ロボットを調べます。

For safety, the companies inspect the robots every day.

これからもっと多くの町で、ロボットが荷物を運ぶでしょう。

From now on, robots will probably deliver packages in even more towns.