(にほん)

Japan

(まなぶ)

to learn / study

(りゅうがくせい)

international student

(かこさいた)

the largest number ever, record high

(だいがく)

university; college

(せんもんがっこう)

Vocational school; technical school

(がいこくじん)

foreigner

(これまで)

until now / so far

(もっとも)

most; extremely

(おおい)

many

(くに)

country; the government

(ちょうさ)

investigation; survey

(わかる)

to understand, be clear

(しゅっしん)

origin; hometown; birthplace

(いちばん)

number one, most

(ちゅうごく)

China

(つぎ)

next

(ねぱーる)

Nepal

(つづく)

to continue

(さいきん)

recently

(あにめ)

anime / animation

(ぶんか)

Culture

(きょうみ)

interest

(もつ)

to have; to hold

(りゅうがく)

studying abroad

(きめる)

to decide

(ひと)

person / people

(すくない)

few, scarce

(いっぽう)

on the other hand / meanwhile

(せいかつひ)

living expenses

(たかい)

expensive; high

(すむ)

to live; to reside

(ばしょ)

place

(さがす)

to search for; to look for

(おおきな)

big (attrib.)

(もんだい)

problem

(そつぎょう)

graduation

(あと)

after

(はたらく)

to work

(かんがえる)

to think; to consider

(がくせい)

student

(しごと)

work, job

(みつける)

to find; to discover

(しえん)

support; aid; assistance

(ひろげる)

to expand; to spread; to broaden

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

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.

The one that ~; what ~ is

Nominalizer の followed by the topic marker は, used to turn a clause into a noun phrase that serves as the topic of the sentence.

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.

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".

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.

-ness (turns an adjective into a noun)

Replacing the final い of an i-adjective with さ makes a noun. 暑い becomes 暑さ, 'the heat', which is the cause of the poor rice quality here.

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).

to become

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

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

because of ~ / since ~

Plain form + ため states a cause in formal writing. 知られていないため = 'because it is not well known'.

in order to, for the purpose of

Expresses purpose. Formed with verb dictionary form + ための + noun, or noun + のための + noun. Modifies the following noun to indicate its purpose.

日本で学ぶ留学生が過去最多に

Number of international students in Japan hits a record high

日本の大学や専門学校で学ぶ外国人の留学生が、これまでで最も多くなったことが、国の調査で分かりました。

A government survey has found that the number of foreign students studying at universities and vocational schools in Japan is the highest it has ever been.

出身の国で一番多いのは中国で、次にネパールやベトナムが続いています。

By country of origin, China has the most, followed by Nepal and Vietnam.

最近は、日本のアニメや文化に興味を持って、留学を決める人も少なくありません。

Recently, quite a few people become interested in Japanese anime and culture and decide to study abroad.

一方で、生活費の高さや、住む場所を探すことが大きな問題になっています。

On the other hand, the high cost of living and finding a place to live have become big problems.

また、卒業した後も日本で働きたいと考える学生が多いため、仕事を見つけるための支援を広げる大学も増えています。

Also, because many students want to keep working in Japan after graduating, more universities are expanding support to help them find jobs.