(くま)

bear

(まち)

town

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(もんだい)

problem

(つづく)

to continue

(あき)

autumn; fall

(ひと)

person / people

(すむ)

to live; to reside

(ちいき)

region; area

(にゅーす)

news

(おおい)

many

(とくに)

especially / particularly

(とうほくちほう)

Tohoku region

(ほっかいどう)

Hokkaido

(いえ)

house

(ちかく)

nearby

(がっこう)

school

(まわり)

Surroundings; people around; vicinity

(みる)

to see, watch

(れんらく)

contact, communication

(せんもんか)

expert, specialist

(やま)

mountain

(どんぐり)

acorn

(たべもの)

food

(すくない)

few, scarce

(とし)

year

(さがす)

to search for; to look for

(おりる)

to come down, descend

(へる)

to decrease / to diminish

(はたけ)

Farm field; cultivated field

(あきや)

empty house, vacant house

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(げんいん)

cause / reason

(ひとつ)

one (thing)

(かんがえる)

to think; to consider

(じちたい)

local government / municipality

(そと)

outside

(すず)

bell

(もつ)

to have; to hold

(あさ)

morning

(ゆうがた)

evening

(ひとり)

one person / alone

(はいる)

to enter, be contained in

(よびかける)

to call out; to appeal

(くだもの)

fruit

(なまごみ)

kitchen waste; food scraps

(おく)

to place, put

(たいせつ)

important

come toward (action approaching)

Indicates motion toward the speaker or a location. Here it describes rocks flying toward people.

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.

called/named ~

Used to introduce or name something. In this article, 「鳥貴族」という店 means 'a store called Torikizoku'.

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.

according to ...

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

and then ~ (te-form linking actions)

The te-form links two actions in sequence without ending the sentence. 歩いてまく means "walk and (then) spray", and 写真を撮って、…調べる means "take photos and then check".

until / as far as

Indicates an end point in space or time. Here it expresses how far the balls flew.

often / frequently happens that ~

Used to indicate something happens often. Here かかることが多い (often happens that ~ catches it).

I hear that / it is said

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

nominalizer (the act of ~)

Turns verbs into nouns — changing one's awareness (意識を変えること), not over-buying (買いすぎないこと), and using leftovers well (使うこと).

is considered to be ~

Passive form expressing general consensus.

when ~

Indicates the time when something happened — when he was in junior high school.

not ~ing (negative nominalized; used for advice)

山に入らないこと and 外に置かないこと list things people are asked not to do.

I hear that / it is said that

Reports hearsay or information received. Here it conveys what the agency said.

クマが町に出てくる問題が続く

The problem of bears coming into towns continues

秋になって、クマが人の住む地域に出てくるニュースが多くなっています。

Now that it is autumn, there has been more news of bears coming into areas where people live.

特に東北地方や北海道では、家の近くや学校の周りでクマを見たという連絡が続いています。

Especially in the Tohoku region and Hokkaido, reports keep coming in of bears seen near homes and around schools.

専門家によると、山のどんぐりなどの食べ物が少ない年は、クマが食べ物を探して町まで下りてくることが多いそうです。

According to experts, in years when there is little food such as acorns in the mountains, bears often come down to towns looking for food.

また、山の近くに住む人が減って、畑や空き家が増えたことも原因の一つだと考えられています。

Another cause is thought to be that fewer people live near the mountains, leaving more empty fields and vacant houses.

自治体は、外に出るときは鈴を持つことや、朝や夕方に一人で山に入らないことを呼びかけています。

Local governments are urging people to carry a bell when going outside and not to go into the mountains alone in the morning or evening.

果物や生ごみを外に置かないことも大切だということです。

They also say it is important not to leave fruit or food waste outside.