(かお)

face

(だけ)

only, just

(ひこうき)

airplane

(のる)

to ride, board

(くうこう)

airport

(こくない)

domestic; within the country

(いくつか)

several, a few

(しゃしん)

photograph

(つかう)

to use

(あたらしい)

new

(てつづき)

procedure; process

(はじまる)

to begin

(じょうきゃく)

passenger

(さいしょ)

first, beginning

(きかい)

machine

(じぶん)

oneself

(とうろく)

registration

(そのあと)

after that; afterwards

(にもつ)

luggage; package; cargo

(あずける)

to deposit, entrust

(ぱすぽーと)

passport

(とうじょうけん)

boarding pass

(だす)

to serve, put out

(しくみ)

structure, system, mechanism

(まつ)

to wait

(じかん)

time

(みじかい)

short

(いう)

to say

(はたらく)

to work

(ひと)

person / people

(しごと)

work, job

(へる)

to decrease / to diminish

(なつやすみ)

summer vacation

(など)

et cetera, and so on

(こむ)

to be crowded / to be busy

(かいしゃ)

company

(こんざつ)

congestion, crowding

(ほうほう)

method; way

(ひろげる)

to expand; to spread; to broaden

(かんがえる)

to think; to consider

(いっぽう)

on the other hand / meanwhile

(じょうほう)

information

(たいせつ)

important

(こじんじょうほう)

personal information

(くに)

country; the government

(けす)

to extinguish, to turn off

(せつめい)

explanation

(それでも)

even so, nevertheless

(しんぱい)

worry / concern

(これまで)

until now / so far

(えらぶ)

To choose; to select

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.

when ~

Indicates the time when something happened — when he was in junior high school.

don't have to ~

The plain-style equivalent of なくてもいい: the negative stem plus てもよい says an action is unnecessary. Here it becomes なくてもよくなる, 'it comes to be that you no longer have to'.

when ..., if ... (natural consequence)

Conditional と indicating that when one thing happens, another naturally follows. States general truths, habitual results, or inevitable consequences.

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.

it is said that ~

Passive form expressing common knowledge or reputation. It is said that aquaculture of nodoguro is difficult.

easy to ~ / tends to ~

Used in 'うつりやすくて' meaning 'easily contagious / easy to catch'.

in order to ～

Expresses purpose.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

after (doing) ~

Used in '意見を聞いたあと' — after listening to experts' opinions.

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.

顔だけで飛行機に乗れる空港

Airports where you can board a plane with just your face

国内のいくつかの空港で、顔の写真を使った新しい手続きが始まっている。

At several airports in Japan, a new procedure using photographs of passengers' faces has begun.

乗客は最初に機械で自分の顔を登録する。

Passengers first register their own face at a machine.

そのあとは、荷物を預けるときも、飛行機に乗るときも、パスポートや搭乗券を出さなくてもよくなる。

After that, they no longer have to show a passport or boarding pass, either when checking in luggage or when boarding the plane.

この仕組みを使うと、待つ時間が短くなると言われている。

It is said that using this system shortens waiting times.

空港で働く人の仕事も減る。

The workload of airport staff also decreases.

夏休みなどは空港が混みやすい。

Airports tend to get crowded during periods such as the summer holidays.

会社は、混雑を減らすためにこの方法を広げたいと考えている。

The companies want to expand this method in order to reduce congestion.

一方で、顔の情報は大切な個人情報だ。

On the other hand, facial data is important personal information.

国は、登録した写真を飛行機が出たあとに消すと説明している。

The government explains that registered photos are deleted after the plane departs.

それでも心配する人はいる。

Even so, there are people who worry about it.

空港は、使いたくない人がこれまでの方法も選べるようにしている。

Airports are making sure that people who do not want to use it can still choose the conventional method.