(あたらしい)

new

(おさつ)

banknote, paper money

(つかう)

to use

(ひと)

person / people

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(ねん)

year

(がつ)

month (counter)

(にほん)

Japan

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(いちまんえん)

ten thousand yen

(ごせんえん)

five thousand yen

(せんえん)

one thousand yen

(みっつ)

three (things)

(え)

picture, drawing

(すうじ)

number / numeral

(おおきい)

big; large

(め)

eye

(わるい)

bad

(わかる)

to understand, be clear

(いま)

now

(おおい)

many

(ぎんこう)

bank

(みせ)

shop, store

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(ふるい)

old (things)

(きかい)

machine

(まだ)

still; yet

(えき)

station

(おかね)

money

(かかる)

to take (time/money), cost

(じかん)

time

(すこし)

a little

(これから)

from now on

(くに)

country; the government

(いそぐ)

to hurry, to rush

(もつ)

to have; to hold

(いく)

to go

(いう)

to say

(きく)

to listen, hear

did ... (polite past)

Polite past tense of verbs. Formed with verb stem + ました. Used in formal or polite speech to describe completed actions.

polite copula / is, am, are

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

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.

easy to ~ / tends to ~

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

does not ~ (polite negative)

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

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.

because ~ / since ~

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

polite non-past tense

The polite non-past ～ます states what will happen — the funeral will continue.

it's okay not to ~; don't have to ~

Expresses that there is no obligation or necessity to do something.

if ..., when ...

Conditional form indicating 'if' or 'when' something happens. Formed by adding ら to the た-form of a verb. Expresses a hypothetical or temporal condition.

please do ...

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

新しいお札を使う人が増えた

More and more people are using the new banknotes

2024年7月に、日本で新しいお札が出ました。

In July 2024, new banknotes were issued in Japan.

一万円と五千円と千円の三つです。

There are three of them: 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen.

絵や数字が大きくなりました。

The pictures and the numerals have become bigger.

目が悪い人にも分かりやすいです。

They are easy to make out even for people with poor eyesight.

今は、この新しいお札を使う人が多くなりました。

Now the number of people using these new banknotes has grown.

銀行や店では、新しいお札がたくさんあります。

At banks and shops there are plenty of the new banknotes.

しかし、古い機械はまだ新しいお札が使えません。

However, old machines still cannot accept the new banknotes.

駅や店の人は、機械を新しくしています。

Staff at stations and shops are updating their machines.

お金がかかるので、時間が少しかかります。

Because it costs money, it is taking a little time.

古いお札も、これから使えます。

The old banknotes can still be used from now on too.

国は「古いお札を急いで銀行に持って行かなくてもいいです」と言っています。

The government says, "You do not have to rush to take your old banknotes to the bank."

分からないことがあったら、銀行の人に聞いてください。

If there is anything you do not understand, please ask someone at the bank.