(でんしゃ)

electric train

(えき)

station

(ほーむどあ)

platform screen door

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(ほーむ)

station platform

(あいだ)

interval, during

(ある)

a certain (some)

(くる)

to come

(ひらく)

to open, to hold (event)

(おおきい)

big; large

(もう)

already; again

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(おちる)

to fall; to drop; to strike (lightning)

(ひと)

person / people

(め)

eye

(みえる)

to be visible, can see

(とても)

very; extremely

(あぶない)

dangerous

(じこ)

accident; incident

(すくない)

few, scarce

(でも)

but; however

(つくる)

to make

(おかね)

money

(じかん)

time

(かかる)

to take (time/money), cost

(ばしょ)

place

(いつも)

always, usually

(おなじ)

same

(てつどう)

railway; railroad

(かいしゃ)

company

(あたらしい)

new

(かんがえる)

to think; to consider

(くに)

country; the government

(だす)

to serve, put out

(てつだう)

to help

(あんぜん)

safety

(これから)

from now on

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.

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.'

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 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.

The one that ~; what ~ is

Nominalizer の followed by the topic marker は, used to turn a clause into a noun phrase that serves as the topic of the sentence.

Is not ~

Polite negative form of です. Used to negate a noun or na-adjective predicate. The price is not yet affordable.

and then ~ / ~ and (linking clauses)

The て-form joins two actions by the same subject. 出して、手伝います links 'puts out money' and 'helps', describing what the national government does.

駅のホームドアが増えている

Platform screen doors are increasing at train stations

電車の駅に「ホームドア」が増えています。

"Platform screen doors" are increasing at train stations.

ホームドアは、ホームと電車の間にあるドアです。

A platform screen door is a door that stands between the platform and the train.

電車が来ると、ドアが開きます。

When a train arrives, the doors open.

大きい駅には、もうたくさんあります。

Large stations already have a lot of them.

ホームから落ちる人がいます。

There are people who fall off the platform.

目が見えない人には、とても危ないです。

For people who cannot see, it is very dangerous.

ホームドアがあると、事故が少なくなります。

When there are platform screen doors, accidents become fewer.

でも、ホームドアを作るのは、お金と時間がかかります。

However, building platform screen doors takes money and time.

電車のドアの場所は、いつも同じではありません。

The positions of train doors are not always the same.

鉄道の会社は、新しいホームドアを考えています。

Railway companies are working on new kinds of platform screen doors.

国もお金を出して、手伝います。

The national government also provides money and helps out.

安全な駅がこれから増えます。

Safe stations will increase from now on.