(てんじ)

braille

(ぶろっく)

blocks (toy)

(うえ)

top, above

(もの)

thing

(おく)

to place, put

(うんどう)

movement; exercise; campaign

(えき)

station

(ほどう)

sidewalk

(ある)

a certain (some)

(きいろい)

yellow

(め)

eye

(みえる)

to be visible, can see

(ひと)

person / people

(あんぜん)

safety

(あるく)

to walk

(たいせつ)

important

(めじるし)

landmark, marker, guide

(しかし)

however, but

(じてんしゃ)

bicycle

(かんばん)

sign / signboard

(おおい)

many

(りようしゃ)

user

(こまる)

to be troubled; to be in difficulty

(こくどこうつうしょう)

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

(ちょうさ)

investigation; survey

(ぶつかる)

to crash into, to collide

(けいけん)

experience

(はんぶん)

half

(いじょう)

more than; beyond this

(のぼる)

to reach, to amount to

(こうした)

such / this kind of

(じょうきょう)

situation, circumstances

(かえる)

to change

(かくち)

various places, everywhere

(だんたい)

organization; group

(はじめる)

to begin, start

(しょうてんがい)

shopping district, shopping street

(みせ)

shop, store

(せつめいする)

to explain

(すこし)

a little

(うちがわ)

the inside, the inner side

(うつす)

to move; to transfer

(がっこう)

school

(いっしょに)

together

(じゅぎょう)

lesson; class

(おこなう)

to carry out, to perform

(こども)

child

(やくわり)

role, part

(つたえる)

to convey / to tell

(すすめる)

to advance; to move forward

(たんとうしゃ)

person in charge

(さんじゅう)

thirty

(せんち)

centimetre

(ずらす)

to shift, to move slightly aside

(あんしん)

relief / peace of mind

(みち)

road, street, path

(きづく)

to notice; to realise

(はなす)

to speak, talk

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.

because of ~ / for the sake of ~

ため after a noun or plain form indicates reason or purpose. Used twice: once for 'because of bear worries' and once for 'for the children's safety'.

passive form

The passive marks the subject as the one affected. 頭を打たれる means having your head struck by something.

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.

called/named ~

Used to introduce or name something. In this article, 「鳥貴族」という店 means 'a store called Torikizoku'.

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.

have someone do (for me)

Expresses receiving a favor/action from someone.

only ~

Limiter particle. 女性だけが宇宙船に乗りました means 'only women boarded the spaceship.'

potential form: can do ~

The potential form of 歩く is 歩ける. 安心して歩ける道 is a street people are able to walk along without worry.

to become

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

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.

点字ブロックの上に物を置かない運動

A campaign to keep things off tactile paving blocks

駅や歩道にある黄色い点字ブロックは、目が見えない人が安全に歩くための大切な目印です。

The yellow tactile paving blocks at stations and on sidewalks are important markers that let people who cannot see walk safely.

しかし、その上に自転車や看板が置かれていることが多く、利用者が困っています。

However, bicycles and signboards are often left on top of them, and the people who rely on the blocks are having trouble.

国土交通省の調査では、点字ブロックの上で人や物にぶつかった経験がある人は半分以上にのぼりました。

In a survey by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, more than half of the respondents had bumped into a person or an object on tactile paving.

こうした状況を変えるため、各地の団体が「ブロックの上に物を置かない」という運動を始めました。

To change this situation, groups around the country have started a campaign called "Don't put things on the blocks."

商店街では店の人に説明して、看板を少し内側に移してもらっています。

In shopping streets they explain the problem to shopkeepers and have them move their signboards a little further in.

学校でも、目が見えない人と一緒に歩く授業を行い、子どもたちに点字ブロックの役割を伝えています。

Schools are also holding lessons in which children walk together with people who cannot see, teaching them what tactile paving is for.

運動を進める団体の担当者は「三十センチずらすだけで、安心して歩ける道になります。

A representative of a group running the campaign said, "Just shifting something thirty centimetres makes it a street people can walk along with peace of mind.

多くの人に気づいてほしい」と話しています。

We want many people to notice this," he said.