(にほん)

Japan

(がっこう)

school

(たぶれっと)

tablet

(きょうかしょ)

textbook

(つかう)

to use

(ところ)

place

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(くに)

country; the government

(らいねん)

next year

(もっと)

more / further

(おおい)

many

(でじたる)

digital

(いう)

to say

(かるい)

light (weight)

(だから)

so, therefore

(こども)

child

(かばん)

bag

(たち)

plural suffix (for people)

(おもい)

heavy

(どうが)

video; moving image

(おと)

sound

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(えいご)

English (language)

(べんきょう)

study

(べんり)

convenient

(わかる)

to understand, be clear

(ことば)

words, language

(すぐ)

immediately, soon

(しらべる)

to investigate; to survey

(しかし)

however, but

(しんぱい)

worry / concern

(ひと)

person / people

(ながい)

long

(じかん)

time

(がめん)

screen, display

(みる)

to see, watch

(め)

eye

(わるい)

bad

(かみ)

paper

(ほん)

book

(いっしょに)

together

(せんせい)

teacher

(あたらしい)

new

(つかいかた)

how to use; usage

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.

did ... (polite past)

Polite past tense of verbs. Formed with verb stem + ました. Used in formal or polite speech to describe completed actions.

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 ~; since ~

Indicates the reason or cause for an action. 殺されたから攻撃した means 'attacked because they were killed'.

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.

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.

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.'

might ~, perhaps ~

Expresses possibility.

学校の教科書がタブレットになる

School textbooks are becoming tablets

日本の学校で、タブレットの教科書を使うところが増えています。

In Japan, the number of schools using tablet textbooks is increasing.

国は、来年からもっと多くの学校でデジタルの教科書を使うと言いました。

The government said that from next year, digital textbooks will be used at many more schools.

タブレットは軽いです。

Tablets are light.

だから、子どもたちのかばんが重くなりません。

So children's schoolbags do not get heavy.

動画や音も出ますから、英語の勉強に便利です。

Because they also play video and sound, they are convenient for studying English.

分からない言葉はすぐに調べることができます。

You can look up words you don't understand right away.

しかし、心配な人もいます。

However, there are also people who are worried.

長い時間画面を見ると、目が悪くなるかもしれません。

If you look at a screen for a long time, your eyesight might get worse.

学校では、紙の本も一緒に使います。

At school, paper books are used alongside them as well.

先生たちは、新しい教科書の使い方を勉強しています。

Teachers are studying how to use the new textbooks.