(くま)

bear

(しゅつぼつ)

appearance (of an animal); showing up here and there

(かくち)

various places, everywhere

(あいつぐ)

to occur in succession; to happen one after another

(ことし)

this year

(ぜんこく)

nationwide; the whole country

(ひと)

person / people

(すむ)

to live; to reside

(ばしょ)

place

(あらわれる)

to appear

(けが)

injury

(かんきょうしょう)

Ministry of the Environment

(ひがい)

damage; harm

(けんすう)

the number of cases

(きょねん)

last year

(おなじ)

same

(じき)

period, time, season

(おおきい)

big; large

(うわまわる)

to exceed; to surpass

(やま)

mountain

(えさ)

food (for animals), feed

(どんぐり)

acorn

(すくない)

few, scarce

(げんいん)

cause / reason

(ひとつ)

one (thing)

(とくに)

especially / particularly

(とうほく)

Tohoku (region)

(ほくりく)

Hokuriku region

(じゅうたく)

housing; residence

(ちかく)

nearby

(がっこう)

school

(そば)

side, near

(もくげき)

sighting; witnessing

(じちたい)

local government / municipality

(ぼうさい)

disaster prevention

(むせん)

radio, wireless (broadcast)

(すまーとふぉん)

smartphone

(あぷり)

app / application

(ちゅうい)

caution, warning

(よびかける)

to call out; to appeal

(あさ)

morning

(ゆうがた)

evening

(がいしゅつ)

going out, outing

(ひかえる)

to refrain from, to hold back

(すず)

bell

(もつ)

to have; to hold

(あるく)

to walk

(など)

et cetera, and so on

(すすめる)

to recommend, to advise

(いっぽうで)

on the other hand

(ほかく)

capture, catching (an animal)

(さまざま)

various

(いけん)

opinion

(せんもんか)

expert, specialist

(せいかつ)

daily life; livelihood

(わける)

to divide; to separate; to sort

(ひつよう)

necessary / needed

(はたけ)

Farm field; cultivated field

(まわり)

Surroundings; people around; vicinity

(さく)

fence

(もうける)

to set up, to establish

(しゅうかく)

harvest

(くだもの)

fruit

(き)

tree / wood

(へらす)

to reduce; to decrease

(たいさく)

countermeasure

(つづける)

to continue

(はなす)

to speak, talk

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.

according to ...

Cites a source of information. The noun before によると is the source. Often followed by a reported statement.

it is reported that ~, they say that ~

A hearsay ending typical of Japanese news writing. It signals that the figure comes from the ministry rather than from the reporter's own observation.

nominalizer (the act of ~)

Turns verbs into nouns — changing one's awareness (意識を変えること), not over-buying (買いすぎないこと), and using leftovers well (使うこと).

is believed / seen to be

Expresses that something is presumed or regarded to be the case, common in news reporting.

passive form of する-verbs

検討されています is the passive of 検討する - the proposal is being examined, with no explicit agent.

in response to ~; toward ~

Signals Israel's response to the international criticism mentioned previously.

doing things like ~ and ~

Lists representative actions among several. Implies there are other actions too. Used twice in this article.

want (someone) to do ...

Expresses a wish for someone else to do something. Formed with て-form + ほしい. The person you want to act is marked with に.

クマの出没が各地で相次ぐ

Bear sightings occur one after another across the country

今年は全国でクマが人の住む場所に現れ、けがをする人が相次いでいます。

This year bears have been appearing in places where people live all across the country, and injuries are happening one after another.

環境省によると、被害の件数は去年の同じ時期を大きく上回っているということです。

According to the Ministry of the Environment, the number of incidents is far above the figure for the same period last year.

山でクマの餌になるドングリが少ないことが原因の一つとみられています。

One cause is believed to be the scarcity of acorns, which are food for bears, in the mountains.

特に東北や北陸では、住宅の近くや学校のそばでクマが目撃されています。

In the Tohoku and Hokuriku regions in particular, bears have been sighted near homes and beside schools.

自治体は、防災無線やスマートフォンのアプリで注意を呼びかけています。

Local governments are urging caution through disaster-prevention radio broadcasts and smartphone apps.

朝や夕方の外出を控えることや、鈴を持って歩くことなども勧めています。

They also recommend refraining from going out in the morning and evening, and carrying a bell when walking.

一方で、クマを捕獲することに対しては、さまざまな意見があります。

On the other hand, there are various opinions about capturing the bears.

専門家は「人とクマの生活する場所を分けることが必要です。

An expert says, "It is necessary to separate the places where people and bears live.

畑の周りに柵を設けたり、収穫しない果物の木を減らしたりする対策を続けてほしい」と話しています。

I want them to keep up measures such as putting fences around fields and cutting down fruit trees that are not harvested."