(とうきょう)

Tokyo

(どうぶつえん)

zoo

(いる)

to exist, to be (animate)

(ぱんだ)

panda

(ちゅうごく)

China

(かえる)

to return home

(にほん)

Japan

(やくそく)

promise; agreement

(もの)

thing

(うまれる)

to be born

(こども)

child

(おおきい)

big; large

(よんさい)

four years old

(まいにち)

every day

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(ひと)

person / people

(みる)

to see, watch

(なまえ)

name

(きめる)

to decide

(げんき)

Healthy; energetic; lively

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(ひ)

day

(らいげつ)

next month

(まえ)

before, previous

(とくべつ)

Special; particular

(へや)

room

(つくる)

to make

(ふぁん)

fan (supporter)

(さびしい)

lonely, sad to see (someone) go

(いう)

to say

it has been decided that

Expresses a decision or circumstance that was decided externally or by circumstance.

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.

if ..., when ...

Conditional form indicating 'if' or 'when' something happens. Formed by adding ら to the た-form of a verb. Expresses a hypothetical or temporal condition.

come to do ~

Expresses purpose of coming. Please come to see (them).

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.

Even ~; also at ~

Particle でも after a noun means 'even' or 'also at.' 首相官邸の庭でも means 'even at the Prime Minister's residence garden.'

パンダが中国に帰ることになった

It has been decided that the panda will return to China

東京の動物園にいるパンダが、中国に帰ることになりました。

It has been decided that a panda at a zoo in Tokyo will return to China.

日本と中国の約束で、パンダは中国のものです。

Under an agreement between Japan and China, the pandas belong to China.

生まれた子どもも、大きくなったら中国に帰ります。

Cubs born here also return to China once they have grown up.

このパンダは四歳です。

This panda is four years old.

毎日、たくさんの人が見に来ました。

Every day, many people came to see it.

名前は日本の子どもたちが決めました。

Its name was chosen by children in Japan.

動物園の人は「元気に大きくなってほしいです」と話しました。

A person from the zoo said, "We want it to grow up healthy."

帰る日は来月です。

The day it goes back is next month.

動物園は、その前に特別な部屋を作りました。

Before that, the zoo built a special room.

ファンは「さびしいですが、中国でも元気でいてほしいです」と言いました。

A fan said, "It is sad, but we want it to stay healthy in China too."