(せるふれじ)

self-checkout register

(みせ)

shop, store

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(にほん)

Japan

(すーぱー)

supermarket

(こんびに)

convenience store

(きゃく)

Customer; guest

(じぶん)

oneself

(しょうひん)

goods; merchandise; product

(ねだん)

price

(きかい)

machine

(いれる)

to put in

(おかね)

money

(はらう)

to pay

(れじ)

cash register, checkout

(ひと)

person / people

(たつ)

to stand

(つかう)

to use

(りゆう)

reason; cause

(はたらく)

to work

(たりる)

to be enough; to be sufficient

(わかい)

young

(すくない)

few, scarce

(ある)

a certain (some)

(あける)

to open

(しかし)

however, but

(もんだい)

problem

(おとしより)

elderly person

(つかいかた)

how to use; usage

(むずかしい)

difficult

(ですから)

therefore; for that reason

(ちかく)

nearby

(おしえる)

to teach

(これから)

from now on

(もっと)

more / further

(かんたん)

simple / easy

(ひつよう)

necessary / needed

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.

does not ~ (polite negative)

ません is the polite negative form of verbs. It negates the action in a formal/polite context.

because ～

Provides a reason or cause.

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.

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

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

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.

セルフレジの店が増えている

More and more stores have self-checkout registers

日本のスーパーやコンビニで、セルフレジが増えています。

Self-checkout registers are increasing at supermarkets and convenience stores in Japan.

セルフレジは、客が自分で商品の値段を機械に入れて、お金を払うレジです。

A self-checkout is a register where customers enter the prices of the goods into the machine themselves and pay.

店の人はレジに立ちません。

Store staff do not stand at the register.

店がセルフレジを使う理由は、働く人が足りないからです。

The reason stores use self-checkouts is that there are not enough workers.

日本では若い人が少なくなっています。

In Japan, the number of young people is decreasing.

セルフレジがあると、少ない人で店を開けることができます。

When there is a self-checkout, a store can open with fewer people.

しかし、問題もあります。

However, there are problems too.

お年寄りには、機械の使い方が難しいです。

For elderly people, how to use the machine is difficult.

ですから、店の人が近くにいて、使い方を教えます。

So, a member of the store staff stays nearby and shows them how to use it.

これから、もっと簡単なセルフレジが必要です。

From now on, simpler self-checkout registers will be needed.