(げんきん)

cash

(つかう)

to use

(しはらい)

payment

(ひろがる)

to spread

(にほん)

Japan

(かいもの)

shopping

(ひと)

person / people

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(すまほ)

smartphone

(はらう)

to pay

(きゃっしゅれす)

cashless

(くに)

country; the government

(しらべ)

investigation; survey

(きょねん)

last year

(やく)

approximately, about

(わり)

ten percent, proportion

(ちいさな)

small / little

(みせ)

shop, store

(えき)

station

(じどうはんばいき)

vending machine

(さいふ)

wallet, purse

(もつ)

to have; to hold

(でかける)

to go out

(わかい)

young

(おおい)

many

(おかね)

money

(かぞえる)

to count

(じかん)

time

(すくない)

few, scarce

(べんり)

convenient

(しかし)

however, but

(おとしより)

elderly person

(なか)

inside

(つかいかた)

how to use; usage

(こまる)

to be troubled; to be in difficulty

(まち)

town

(おしえる)

to teach

(きょうしつ)

classroom; class, workshop

(ひらく)

to open, to hold (event)

negative form: does not ~, will not ~

The plain negative 出ない in the headline and the polite negative 出ません in the article both say that Ohtani will not appear in the game.

without doing; don't do

Negative te-form used to indicate doing something without another action, or as a soft command.

to do (something)

Used with 試合をしました to mean 'played a match'. する turns a noun into a verb.

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.

I hear that / it is said

Reports hearsay. 大きく育つそうです means '(I hear) they grow big'.

and (non-exhaustive list)

や lists representative examples — Shikoku and Kyushu among other regions (四国や九州).

come to / reach the point where

Indicates a change in state or ability.

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.

for ~ / from the perspective of ~

Indicates a point of view or perspective. Used twice here for 'the company' and 'the Vietnamese people'.

Because there is no ~; without ~

Negative te-form connecting clauses. Expresses a reason or cause in its negative form, often indicating lack or absence.

there are also (people who...)

Indicates that some people also do/feel something; there are also people who worry (心配する人もいます) and teachers who say so (言う先生もいます).

depending on ~

Signals that the outcome varies with circumstances. 状況によっては means depending on the situation.

there are as many as ~

Emphasizes a large quantity. 'There are as many as 140 kinds'.

現金を使わない支払いが広がる

Payments without cash are spreading

日本では、現金を使わないで買い物をする人が増えています。

In Japan, more and more people are shopping without using cash.

カードやスマホで払う「キャッシュレス」の支払いです。

This is "cashless" payment, where you pay with a card or smartphone.

国の調べでは、去年の買い物の約4割がキャッシュレスだったそうです。

According to a government survey, about 40 percent of purchases last year were reportedly cashless.

小さな店や駅の自動販売機でも、スマホで払えるようになりました。

Even at small shops and station vending machines, you can now pay with a smartphone.

財布を持たないで出かける若い人も多くなっています。

More young people are also going out without carrying a wallet.

店にとっても、お金を数える時間が少なくなって便利です。

For shops too, it is convenient because they spend less time counting money.

しかし、お年寄りの中には、使い方がわからなくて困っている人もいます。

However, some elderly people are having trouble because they don't know how to use it.

町によっては、スマホの使い方を教える教室を開いているところもあります。

Some towns also hold classes that teach how to use smartphones.