(えき)

station

(ほーむどあ)

platform screen door

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(でんしゃ)

electric train

(つける)

to attach

(こうじ)

construction work

(すすむ)

to advance, to progress

(ほーむ)

station platform

(せんろ)

railway track

(あいだ)

interval, during

(どあ)

door

(くる)

to come

(とまる)

to stop

(ひらく)

to open, to hold (event)

(おきゃくさん)

guest / spectator / customer

(おちる)

to fall; to drop; to strike (lightning)

(め)

eye

(みえる)

to be visible, can see

(ひと)

person / people

(おさけ)

alcohol, sake

(のむ)

to drink

(じこ)

accident; incident

(いままで)

until now / so far

(なんかい)

how many times / many times

(ある)

a certain (some)

(すくない)

few, scarce

(くに)

country; the government

(おおい)

many

(さき)

ahead, future

(でも)

but; however

(おかね)

money

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(かかる)

to take (time/money), cost

(ちいさい)

small

(まだ)

still; yet

(てつどう)

railway; railroad

(かいしゃ)

company

(これから)

from now on

(すこしずつ)

little by little

(ふやす)

to increase (something)

(はなす)

to speak, talk

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.

does not ~ (polite negative)

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

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.

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

駅のホームドアが増えている

Platform screen doors are increasing at train stations

電車の駅に「ホームドア」を付ける工事が進んでいます。

Work to install "platform doors" at train stations is moving forward.

ホームドアは、ホームと線路の間にあるドアです。

Platform doors are doors that sit between the platform and the tracks.

電車が来て、止まったときだけ開きます。

They open only when a train has arrived and come to a stop.

ホームドアがあると、お客さんが線路に落ちません。

When there are platform doors, passengers do not fall onto the tracks.

目が見えない人や、お酒を飲んだ人が落ちる事故が、今まで何回もありました。

Until now there have been many accidents in which people who cannot see, or people who had been drinking, fell onto the tracks.

事故は、ホームドアを付けた駅で少なくなりました。

Accidents have become fewer at stations where platform doors were installed.

国は、お客さんが多い駅から先に付けています。

The government is installing them first at stations with many passengers.

でも、お金がたくさんかかります。

However, it costs a lot of money.

小さい駅には、まだホームドアがありません。

Small stations still do not have platform doors.

鉄道の会社は、「これからも少しずつ増やしたい」と話しています。

The railway companies say, "We want to keep increasing them little by little."