(あき)

autumn; fall

(あつい)

hot

(ひ)

day

(つづく)

to continue

(ことし)

this year

(がつ)

month (counter)

(とうきょう)

Tokyo

(きおん)

temperature (air)

(ど)

degree

(たかい)

expensive; high

(いま)

now

(おおい)

many

(きょねん)

last year

(なごや)

Nagoya

(おおさか)

Osaka

(おなじ)

same

(きしょうちょう)

Japan Meteorological Agency

(うみ)

sea, ocean

(みず)

water

(おんど)

temperature

(りゆう)

reason; cause

(ひとつ)

one (thing)

(いう)

to say

(にほん)

Japan

(ちかく)

nearby

(いつも)

always, usually

(とし)

year

(ぐらい)

about, approximately

(あたたかい)

warm

(くうき)

air

(うえ)

top, above

(ながい)

long

(のこる)

to remain / to stay behind

(せんもんか)

expert, specialist

(はじめ)

beginning; start

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(がっこう)

school

(かいしゃ)

company

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(のむ)

to drink

(よる)

night

(あまり)

not very / not much (with negative)

(さがる)

To fall; to go down

(びょういん)

hospital

(からだ)

body

(ちょうし)

condition, state

(わるい)

bad

(ひと)

person / people

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(し)

city

(ねる)

to sleep

(えあこん)

air conditioner

(つかう)

to use

even if; even though

Used to express concession or hypothetical situation.

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.

than / more than

Indicates comparison. Used to say prices rose on average 2.8% compared to last year.

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.

nominalizer (the act of ~)

Turns a verb phrase into a noun. Here 話を聞くこと (the act of listening to a speech).

so that ~

Indicates a goal or desired outcome. Here: so that trainees reach the Specified Skilled Worker level.

Probably ~; it seems that ~

Expresses conjecture or probability. More formal than ～だろう. Often used in news and weather reports.

therefore; for that reason

Connects cause and result — because of more investors and profits, more people buy stocks.

does not ~ (polite negative)

ません is the polite negative form of verbs. It negates the action in a formal/polite context.

please do ...

Polite request form. Formed with て-form + ください. Used to ask someone to perform an action.

秋になっても暑い日が続く

Hot days continue even though it is now autumn

今年の9月は、暑い日が続いています。

This September, hot days are continuing.

東京では、気温が30度より高くなる日が今も多いです。

In Tokyo, there are still many days when the temperature rises above 30 degrees.

去年の9月より暑い日が多くなりました。

There are now more hot days than in September last year.

名古屋や大阪でも、同じように暑い日が続いています。

In Nagoya and Osaka as well, hot days are continuing in the same way.

気象庁は、海の水の温度が高いことが理由の一つだと言っています。

The Japan Meteorological Agency says that one reason is the high temperature of the sea water.

日本の近くの海は、いつもの年より2度ぐらい暖かいです。

The sea near Japan is about 2 degrees warmer than in a normal year.

そのため、暑い空気が日本の上に長く残っています。

For that reason, hot air is staying over Japan for a long time.

専門家は「10月の初めまで、暑い日が続くでしょう」と話しています。

Experts say, "The hot days will probably continue until the beginning of October."

学校や会社では、水をたくさん飲むように言っています。

Schools and companies are telling people to drink plenty of water.

夜も気温があまり下がりません。

At night, too, the temperature does not drop much.

病院には、体の調子が悪くなった人が増えています。

More and more people who have started to feel unwell are coming to hospitals.

市は「寝るときもエアコンを使ってください」と言っています。

The city says, "Please use your air conditioner while you sleep, too."