(でんきじどうしゃ)

electric vehicle

(じゅうでんき)

charger, charging station

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(にほん)

Japan

(おおい)

many

(がそりん)

gasoline

(つかう)

to use

(でんき)

electricity

(はしる)

to run

(だから)

so, therefore

(くうき)

air

(きれい)

pretty, clean

(ひつよう)

necessary / needed

(いま)

now

(みせ)

shop, store

(ちゅうしゃじょう)

parking lot

(つくる)

to make

(かいしゃ)

company

(かいもの)

shopping

(くるま)

car

(じかん)

time

(さんじゅっぷん)

thirty minutes

(ぐらい)

about, approximately

(しかし)

however, but

(まだ)

still; yet

(すくない)

few, scarce

(まち)

town

(くに)

country; the government

(もっと)

more / further

(ふやす)

to increase (something)

(いう)

to say

(ひと)

person / people

(べんり)

convenient

(はなす)

to speak, talk

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.

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.

to become

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

and (non-exhaustive list)

や lists representative examples — Shikoku and Kyushu among other regions (四国や九州).

while doing ...

Verb stem + ながら indicates doing two things simultaneously. The action before ながら is the secondary action; the main action follows.

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.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

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.'

電気自動車の充電器が増える

Chargers for electric cars are increasing

日本で電気自動車が多くなっています。

In Japan, electric cars are becoming more common.

電気自動車はガソリンを使いません。

Electric cars do not use gasoline.

電気で走ります。

They run on electricity.

だから、空気がきれいになります。

Because of that, the air becomes cleaner.

電気自動車には充電器が必要です。

Electric cars need chargers.

今、店や駐車場に充電器を作る会社が増えています。

Now, more companies are installing chargers at shops and parking lots.

買い物をしながら、車を充電することができます。

You can charge your car while you do your shopping.

時間は三十分ぐらいです。

It takes about thirty minutes.

しかし、まだ充電器が少ない町もあります。

However, there are still towns with few chargers.

国は充電器をもっと増やしたいと言っています。

The government says it wants to increase the number of chargers.

ある会社の人は「充電器が増えると、電気自動車がもっと便利になります」と話しました。

A person at one company said, "When there are more chargers, electric cars become much more convenient."