(むじん)

unstaffed, unmanned

(みせ)

shop, store

(ちほう)

region; area

(かいもの)

shopping

(ささえる)

to support

(てんいん)

shop clerk

(てんぽ)

store, retail outlet

(まち)

town

(むら)

village

(ひろがる)

to spread

(きゃく)

Customer; guest

(いりぐち)

entrance

(かーど)

card

(あぷり)

app / application

(よみとる)

to read (data), to scan

(なか)

inside

(はいる)

to enter, be contained in

(しょうひん)

goods; merchandise; product

(えらぶ)

To choose; to select

(あと)

remaining; left; more

(そなえつけ)

fixed in place, installed

(きかい)

machine

(じぶん)

oneself

(かいけい)

checkout, accounting, bill

(すませる)

to finish, to get done with

(てんじょう)

ceiling

(かめら)

camera

(せんさー)

sensor

(うれる)

to sell (well)

(ぶん)

portion; share; amount

(きろくする)

to record, to log

(みせがわ)

the store's side, the shop

(ざいこ)

stock, inventory

(かんり)

management, administration

(はなれる)

to be apart

(じむしょ)

office

(おこなう)

to carry out, to perform

(はいけい)

background

(ある)

a certain (some)

(ひとで)

manpower, workers

(ふそく)

shortage; insufficiency

(じんこう)

population

(へる)

to decrease / to diminish

(ちいき)

region; area

(じゅうぎょういん)

employee, staff member

(いちにちじゅう)

all day long

(おく)

to place, put

(うりあげ)

sales, revenue

(みこむ)

to expect, to anticipate

(しょうてん)

shop, store (business)

(つぎつぎ)

one after another

(とじる)

to close, to shut down

(すくない)

few, scarce

(ひよう)

expense, cost

(えいぎょう)

business operation

(つづける)

to continue

(そうちょう)

early morning

(しんや)

late at night, the dead of night

(あける)

to open

(ばす)

bus

(びん)

flight / service (counter for flights)

(かぎる)

to limit; to restrict

(きんじょ)

neighborhood

(にちようひん)

daily necessities

(そろう)

to be all available, to be complete

(いみ)

meaning

(おおきい)

big; large

(いっぽう)

on the other hand / meanwhile

(そうさ)

operation, handling

(なれる)

to get used to; to become accustomed

(こうれいしゃ)

elderly person

(りよう)

use; utilization

(ためらう)

to hesitate

(れい)

example; case

(もちさる)

to carry off, to take away

(ひがい)

damage; harm

(ほうこくする)

to report

(うんえい)

management / administration

(かいしゃ)

company

(しゅう)

week

(にかい)

twice; two times

(かかりいん)

staff member, person in charge

(たつ)

to stand

(つかいかた)

how to use; usage

(せつめいする)

to explain

(しくみ)

structure, system, mechanism

(とりいれる)

to take in; to absorb

(たんとうしゃ)

person in charge

(べんり)

convenient

(ひと)

person / people

(あつまる)

to gather; to come together

(ばしょ)

place

(やくわり)

role, part

(のこす)

to leave behind, to leave uneaten

(のべる)

to state, mention

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.

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.

causative: make / let something do

読み取らせる is the causative of 読み取る — the customer makes the reader scan the card, i.e. holds it up to be read. Written form 読み取らせて links it to the next action.

because of, due to

Indicates a reason or cause. More formal than から or ので. Can follow nouns (の + ため) or plain-form verbs/adjectives.

can do / be able to do (potential form)

The potential form changes the final -u of a verb to -eru. 過ごす becomes 過ごせる, so 楽しく過ごせる方法 means "a way that lets everyone spend their time enjoyably."

only ~

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

without doing ...

Negative connective; here 'without enduring it alone, consult right away'.

come toward (action approaching)

Indicates motion toward the speaker or a location. Here it describes rocks flying toward people.

if it is ~ / in the case of ~

Noun + なら picks up a topic and states what is true in that case: with online care (as opposed to visiting), you need no train or bus.

potential form: can do ~

選べる is the potential form of 選ぶ ("can choose"), and 来られる is the potential form of 来る ("can come"). The article uses them to say students can choose their clothes and everyone can come to school.

on top of that / in addition

Stacks a second burden onto the first, both pointing the same way. 費用がかかるうえ adds the long development time to the heavy cost of equipment.

Do ~ in advance (preparation)

Indicates doing something in advance for future readiness. Companies need to decide procedures in advance.

passive voice: was/were ~ed

Passive form indicating that the subject receives the action. '食べられて' means 'were eaten'. Central grammar of this article about tulips being eaten by deer.

Not only ~ but also

Expresses that something is not limited to one thing. Not only Tokyo and Kyoto, but various other places too.

as / in the role of

Marks the role, capacity, or status in which something is treated. Used here as 特別な史跡として (as a special historic site).

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

無人の店が地方の買い物を支える

Unstaffed stores are propping up shopping in rural areas

店員がいない「無人店舗」が、地方の町や村に広がっている。

"Unstaffed stores" with no clerks are spreading through towns and villages in rural areas.

客は入り口でカードやアプリを読み取らせて中に入り、商品を選んだあと、備え付けの機械で自分で会計を済ませる。

Customers have a card or an app scanned at the entrance to get inside, and after choosing their goods they pay for themselves at an installed machine.

天井のカメラとセンサーが売れた分を記録するため、店側は在庫の管理を離れた事務所から行える。

Because cameras and sensors on the ceiling record what has been sold, the store can manage its stock from an office some distance away.

背景にあるのは人手不足だ。

Behind this lies a shortage of workers.

人口が減った地域では、従業員を一日中置くだけの売り上げが見込めず、商店が次々と閉じてきた。

In areas where the population has fallen, shops could not expect enough sales to keep an employee on all day, and have closed one after another.

無人店舗なら少ない費用で営業を続けられるうえ、早朝や深夜にも開けておける。

An unstaffed store can keep trading at low cost, and on top of that it can be left open early in the morning and late at night.

バスの便が限られる地域では、近所で日用品がそろうことの意味は大きい。

In areas where bus services are limited, being able to get daily necessities close by means a great deal.

一方で、機械の操作に慣れない高齢者が利用をためらう例や、商品が持ち去られる被害も報告されている。

On the other hand, there are reports of elderly people who are not used to operating machines hesitating to use the stores, as well as of goods being carried off.

ある運営会社は、週に二回は係員が店に立ち、使い方を説明する仕組みを取り入れた。

One operating company has adopted a system in which an attendant is at the store twice a week to explain how it works.

担当者は「便利さだけでなく、人が集まる場所としての役割も残したい」と述べている。

A representative said, "We want to preserve not just convenience, but also its role as a place where people gather."