(ちゅうがく)

junior high school

(ぶかつどう)

club activities

(ちいき)

region; area

(まかせる)

to entrust, to leave to someone

(うごき)

movement; trend

(こうりつ)

public (institution)

(ちゅうがっこう)

middle school / junior high school

(がっこう)

school

(くらぶ)

club

(うつす)

to move; to transfer

(とりくみ)

efforts, initiatives

(かくち)

various places, everywhere

(すすむ)

to advance, to progress

(これまで)

until now / so far

(しどう)

guidance, coaching

(きょういん)

teacher, teaching staff

(じゅぎょう)

lesson; class

(ぜんご)

before and after

(きゅうじつ)

day off, holiday

(になう)

to shoulder, to take on (a burden)

(ちょうじかんろうどう)

long working hours

(げんいん)

cause / reason

(ひとつ)

one (thing)

(かいぜん)

improvement

(もとめる)

to seek, request

(こえ)

voice

(つよまる)

to grow stronger, to intensify

(あたらしい)

new

(しくみ)

structure, system, mechanism

(すぽーつ)

sport

(だんたい)

organization; group

(みんかん)

civilian, private (sector)

(だいがくせい)

university student

(など)

et cetera, and so on

(しどうやく)

the role of coach, instructor

(つとめる)

to serve as, to hold a post

(せんもんてき)

specialized; technical

(ぎじゅつ)

skill, technology

(おしえる)

to teach

(てん)

point, score

(しゅもく)

event / discipline (sports)

(えらぶ)

To choose; to select

(りてん)

advantage, merit

(いちぶ)

part, portion

(じちたい)

local government / municipality

(かつどう)

activity, action

(だんかいてき)

gradual; step by step

(かだい)

issue, problem, challenge

(のこる)

to remain / to stay behind

(しどうしゃ)

leader

(かくほ)

securing, ensuring

(おいつく)

to catch up

(ほか)

other

(さんかひ)

participation fee

(ふたん)

burden, bear (cost)

(かてい)

household; home; family

(おもい)

heavy

(おそれ)

fear / risk

(くに)

country; the government

(ひよう)

expense, cost

(ほじょ)

subsidy, assistance

(せいど)

system; institution

(もうける)

to set up, to establish

(ちいきさ)

regional disparity

(ひろがる)

to spread

(かんがえ)

idea; thought; plan

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.

have been doing ~

Expresses continuation from past up to present.

is said to be / is considered to be

Used in news writing to report a widely held estimate without naming a source. Here it marks the figure for how much food waste comes from homes.

potential / can (ru-verb)

The potential form expresses ability or possibility. Here, used in the negative, it describes elderly people who cannot quit driving.

by means of / through

Expresses the means by which something is achieved — through sport, everyone can live together.

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.

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.

中学の部活動を地域に任せる動き

A move to hand junior high school club activities over to local communities

公立中学校の部活動を、学校から地域のクラブに移す取り組みが各地で進んでいる。

Efforts to move public junior high school club activities from schools to local clubs are advancing across the country.

これまで部活動の指導は、教員が授業の前後や休日に担ってきた。

Until now, teachers have shouldered club coaching before and after classes and on their days off.

長時間労働の原因の一つとされ、改善を求める声が強まっていた。

It was seen as one cause of their long working hours, and calls for improvement had been growing louder.

新しい仕組みでは、スポーツ団体や民間のクラブ、大学生などが指導役を務める。

Under the new system, sports organisations, private clubs, university students and others serve as coaches.

専門的な技術を教えられる点や、学校にない種目を選べる点が利点とされる。

Being able to teach specialised skills, and being able to choose sports the school does not offer, are considered advantages.

一部の自治体では、休日の活動から段階的に移している。

Some local governments are shifting the activities in stages, starting with weekends and holidays.

課題も残る。

Challenges remain, however.

指導者の確保が追いつかない地域があるほか、参加費の負担が家庭によって重くなる恐れもある。

In some areas the recruitment of coaches cannot keep up, and there is also a risk that participation fees become a heavy burden for some households.

国は費用を補助する制度を設け、地域差が広がらないようにしたい考えだ。

The government intends to set up a scheme to subsidise the costs so that regional disparities do not widen.