(かいご)

nursing care

(げんば)

the site, the front line (of work)

(はたらく)

to work

(ろぼっと)

robot

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(にほん)

Japan

(こうれいしゃ)

elderly person

(ひと)

person / people

(たりる)

to be enough; to be sufficient

(つかう)

to use

(しせつ)

facility; institution

(べっど)

bed

(くるまいす)

wheelchair

(うつる)

to move, transfer

(ささえる)

to support

(よる)

night

(へや)

room

(ようす)

appearance; state

(かくにんする)

to confirm; to check

(しょくいん)

Staff; employee

(からだ)

body

(ふたん)

burden, bear (cost)

(かるい)

light (weight)

(ながい)

long

(つづける)

to continue

(はなしあいて)

someone to talk with, conversation partner

(ある)

a certain (some)

(えがお)

smile; smiling face

(しかし)

however, but

(たかい)

expensive; high

(ちいさい)

small

(かう)

to buy

(むずかしい)

difficult

(くに)

country; the government

(ひよう)

expense, cost

(いちぶ)

part, portion

(だす)

to serve, put out

(もっと)

more / further

(おおい)

many

(けいかく)

plan

to become no longer / to disappear

Indicates a change where something ceases to exist or can no longer be done. Here it describes that prayer gatherings can no longer be held in Hong Kong.

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.

come toward (action approaching)

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

doing things like ~ and ~

Lists representative actions among several. Implies there are other actions too. Used twice in this article.

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.

because ~ / since ~

Causal connector. Because JA is buying at higher prices, store prices will also rise.

potential form (can do)

入れられる is the potential form of 入れる — 'can put (things) in'. It describes what the furniture allows you to do.

come to / reach the point where

Indicates a change in state or ability.

to become

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

there are times when ~

Indicates that something sometimes happens.

I hear that / it is said

Reports hearsay. 大きく育つそうです means '(I hear) they grow big'.

nominalizer (the act of ~)

Turns verbs into nouns — changing one's awareness (意識を変えること), not over-buying (買いすぎないこと), and using leftovers well (使うこと).

polite copula / is, am, are

Describes states such as the mother panda being healthy and the baby being small.

to make sure that, to ensure that

Expresses the goal of bringing about a certain state or preventing something. Formed with verb plain form + ようにする. Often used to describe efforts to ensure or prevent something.

介護の現場で働くロボットが増える

Robots working in nursing-care settings are on the rise

日本では高齢者が増えて、介護をする人が足りなくなっています。

In Japan the elderly population is growing, and there are no longer enough people to provide nursing care.

そのため、介護の現場でロボットを使う施設が増えてきました。

For that reason, more and more facilities have come to use robots in nursing-care settings.

ロボットは、ベッドから車いすへ移る人を支えたり、夜に部屋の様子を確認したりします。

The robots do things like supporting people as they move from a bed to a wheelchair, and checking on rooms at night.

職員の体の負担が軽くなるので、長く働き続けられるようになります。

Because the physical burden on staff becomes lighter, they become able to keep working for many years.

話し相手になるロボットもあり、高齢者が笑顔になることもあるそうです。

There are also robots that act as conversation partners, and elderly residents reportedly break into smiles at times.

しかし、ロボットは高いので、小さい施設では買うことが難しいです。

However, robots are expensive, so it is difficult for small facilities to buy them.

国は費用の一部を出して、もっと多くの施設で使えるようにする計画です。

The national government plans to cover part of the cost so that many more facilities can use them.