(こんびに)

convenience store

(せるふれじ)

self-checkout register

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(じぶん)

oneself

(おかね)

money

(はらう)

to pay

(きゃく)

Customer; guest

(しなもの)

goods / merchandise

(ばーこーど)

barcode

(きかい)

machine

(よむ)

to read

(いれる)

to put in

(みせ)

shop, store

(ひと)

person / people

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(かいもの)

shopping

(はたらく)

to work

(すくない)

few, scarce

(とき)

time / occasion

(あける)

to open

(かいしゃ)

company

(ふやす)

to increase (something)

(れじ)

cash register, checkout

(ならぶ)

to line up

(じかん)

time

(みじかい)

short

(しかし)

however, but

(つかいかた)

how to use; usage

(わかる)

to understand, be clear

(とくに)

especially / particularly

(こうれいしゃ)

elderly person

(むずかしい)

difficult

(いう)

to say

(かかり)

person in charge / attendant

(そば)

side, near

(おしえる)

to teach

(これから)

from now on

(いけん)

opinion

(きく)

to listen, hear

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.

without doing; don't do

Negative te-form used to indicate doing something without another action, or as a soft command.

to form / come into being

Here 台風ができました means a typhoon formed (came into existence).

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.

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.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

コンビニのセルフレジが増えている

Self-checkout registers are increasing at convenience stores

コンビニで、自分でお金を払う「セルフレジ」が増えています。

At convenience stores, "self-checkout" registers, where you pay for your purchases yourself, are increasing.

客は品物のバーコードを機械で読みます。

Customers scan the barcodes on their items with the machine.

そして、お金を入れます。

Then they put in their money.

店の人と話さないで、買い物ができます。

You can do your shopping without talking to a store clerk.

店で働く人が少ない時も、店を開けることができます。

Even when there are few staff working at the store, the store can stay open.

だから、会社はセルフレジを増やしています。

That is why companies are adding more self-checkout registers.

客がレジに並ぶ時間も短くなりました。

The time customers spend lining up at the register has also become shorter.

しかし、機械の使い方が分からない人もいます。

However, there are also people who do not know how to use the machines.

特に高齢者は「難しい」と言います。

Elderly people in particular say that it is difficult.

店では、係の人がそばにいて、使い方を教えます。

At the stores, an attendant stays nearby and shows people how to use them.

会社は、これからも客の意見を聞きたいと話しています。

The companies say that they want to keep listening to customers' opinions from now on.