(あき)

autumn; fall

(とざん)

mountain climbing

(じこ)

accident; incident

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(ちゅうい)

caution, warning

(よびかける)

to call out; to appeal

(やま)

mountain

(のぼる)

to climb

(ひと)

person / people

(こうよう)

autumn leaves, fall colors

(きれい)

pretty, clean

(きせつ)

Season

(しゅうまつ)

weekend

(おおい)

many

(とざんしゃ)

mountain climber, hiker

(おとずれる)

to visit

(しかし)

however, but

(しょうぼう)

fire department, firefighting

(ことし)

this year

(きょねん)

last year

(みち)

road, street, path

(まよう)

to get lost, hesitate

(めだつ)

to stand out, to be noticeable

(かるい)

light (weight)

(ふくそう)

clothing, attire

(はいる)

to enter, be contained in

(すくない)

few, scarce

(ひる)

noon / daytime

(よる)

night

(きおん)

temperature (air)

(さ)

difference, margin

(おおきい)

big; large

(せんもんか)

expert, specialist

(あたたかい)

warm

(ふく)

clothes

(ちず)

map

(かならず)

without fail, certainly

(もつ)

to have; to hold

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(まえ)

before, previous

(てんき)

weather

(しらべる)

to investigate; to survey

(たいせつ)

important

(いう)

to say

to become

Expresses a change of state; Kawai became the new commissioner of the Sports Agency.

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる/います. Can describe an action in progress or a state that continues from a past change.

because ~ / since ~

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

according to ...

Cites a source of information. The noun before によると is the source. Often followed by a reported statement.

than / more than

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

I hear that ~, they say that ~

Attached to a plain form to report information heard from another source. The article uses it because the increase in collected oil is reported second-hand rather than observed directly.

doing things like ~ and ~

Lists representative actions among several. Implies there are other actions too. Used twice in this article.

polite negative of i-adjectives

An i-adjective drops い and takes くありません for the polite negative. 少なくありません literally says "are not few" — a understated way of saying there are quite a lot of them.

please do ...

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

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).

秋の登山で事故が増え注意を呼びかけ

Accidents rise on autumn hikes, and people are urged to take care

秋になり、山に登る人が増えています。

Now that autumn has arrived, more people are climbing mountains.

紅葉がきれいな季節なので、週末は多くの登山者が山を訪れます。

Because it is the season when the autumn leaves are beautiful, many hikers visit the mountains on weekends.

しかし、山での事故も増えています。

However, accidents in the mountains are increasing as well.

消防によると、今年の秋の事故は去年より多いそうです。

According to the fire department, there are said to be more accidents this autumn than last year.

道に迷ったり、けがをしたりする人が目立ちます。

People who lose their way or get injured stand out.

軽い服装で山に入る人も少なくありません。

Quite a few people head into the mountains in light clothing.

秋の山は昼と夜の気温の差が大きいです。

In the mountains in autumn, the difference in temperature between day and night is large.

専門家は「暖かい服と地図を必ず持っていってください」と話しています。

Experts say, "Please be sure to take warm clothes and a map with you."

登る前に天気を調べることも大切だと言われています。

Checking the weather before you climb is also said to be important.