(やさい)

vegetables

(ねだん)

price

(たかい)

expensive; high

(ことし)

this year

(なつ)

Summer

(あめ)

rain

(すくない)

few, scarce

(とても)

very; extremely

(あつい)

hot

(ひ)

day

(つづく)

to continue

(つくる)

to make

(はたけ)

Farm field; cultivated field

(みず)

water

(たりる)

to be enough; to be sufficient

(そだつ)

to grow up / to be raised

(みせ)

shop, store

(くる)

to come

(かず)

number, count

(すーぱー)

supermarket

(きゃべつ)

cabbage

(とまと)

tomato

(きょねん)

last year

(かいもの)

shopping

(ひと)

person / people

(まいにち)

every day

(つかう)

to use

(もの)

thing

(こまる)

to be troubled; to be in difficulty

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(やすい)

cheap / inexpensive

(えらぶ)

To choose; to select

(かう)

to buy

(おおい)

many

(くに)

country; the government

(のうか)

farmer / farm household

(たすける)

to help

(おかね)

money

(だす)

to serve, put out

(よてい)

plan, schedule

(これからも)

from now on too

(うる)

to sell

(ほうほう)

method; way

(かんがえる)

to think; to consider

(あき)

autumn; fall

(てんき)

weather

(さがる)

To fall; to go down

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.

Did not ~ (polite past negative)

Polite past negative form of verbs. Expresses that something did not happen in the past.

than / more than

Indicates comparison. Used to say prices rose on average 2.8% compared to last year.

because it is ~ (polite reason)

ので gives a reason, and a noun or na-adjective takes な before it. The shopper explains the problem with 毎日使う物なので困ります — 'because they are things we use every day'.

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.

and then ~ (te-form linking)

The te-form links successive actions in one sentence. 置いて connects placing the clothes with comparing their temperature, and 考えて connects thinking with choosing.

in order to ～

Expresses purpose.

to become

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

conditional: if ~

Ba-form conditional expressing 'if ~ then ~'.

might ~, perhaps ~

Expresses possibility.

野菜の値段が高くなっている

Vegetable prices are rising

今年の夏は雨が少なくて、とても暑い日が続きました。

This summer there was little rain, and very hot days continued.

野菜を作る畑では、水が足りませんでした。

In the fields where vegetables are grown, there was not enough water.

そのため、野菜がよく育ちませんでした。

As a result, the vegetables did not grow well.

店に来る野菜の数が少なくなっています。

The number of vegetables arriving at shops is decreasing.

スーパーでは、キャベツやトマトの値段が去年より高くなりました。

At supermarkets, the prices of cabbage and tomatoes have become higher than last year.

買い物に来た人は「毎日使う物なので困ります」と話しています。

A shopper said, 'They are things we use every day, so it is a problem.'

安い野菜を選んで買う人も多いです。

Many people also choose and buy the cheaper vegetables.

国は、農家を助けるためにお金を出す予定です。

The government plans to provide money in order to help farmers.

店の人は、これからも安く売る方法を考えています。

Shop staff are thinking about ways to keep selling cheaply from now on.

秋になって天気がよくなれば、野菜の値段は下がるかもしれません。

If autumn comes and the weather improves, vegetable prices may go down.