(あき)

autumn; fall

(こうえん)

park

(コスモス)

cosmos (flower)

(はな)

flower

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(さく)

to bloom / to blossom

(にほん)

Japan

(いろいろ)

various

(ところ)

place; area

(だいひょう)

representative; leader

(ピンク)

pink

(しろ)

white

(あか)

red

(など)

et cetera, and so on

(いろ)

color

(ひろい)

wide; spacious

(はたけ)

Farm field; cultivated field

(なんまんぼん)

tens of thousands (of long objects)

(ひと)

person / people

(みる)

to see, watch

(かぞく)

family

(ともだち)

friend

(しゃしん)

photograph

(とる)

to take (a photo)

(なか)

inside

(みち)

road, street, path

(あるく)

to walk

(たのしむ)

to enjoy

(なつ)

Summer

(あつさ)

heat

(あめ)

rain

(りょう)

Quantity; amount; volume

(じき)

period, time, season

(すこし)

a little

(かわる)

to change

(おおく)

many, much

(ばしょ)

place

(じゅうがつ)

October

(おわり)

end

(ごろ)

around; about (time)

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. Can describe an action in progress or a state resulting from a past change.

and (non-exhaustive list)

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

there is / was ~

Used to report the occurrence of an earthquake — 'there was a magnitude 6 strong earthquake'.

also / too

Used in '心配する人もいます' — there are ALSO people who are worried (in addition to happy people).

to come in order to do

Verb stem + に + 来る expresses purpose of coming. 買いに来た means people 'came to buy' horses.

together with ~

家族や友だちといっしょに says who people take photos with.

doing things like ~ and ~

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

by means of / through

Expresses the means by which something is achieved — through sport, everyone can live together.

until / as far as

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

can do ..., to be able to ...

Verb dictionary form + ことができる expresses ability or possibility. More formal than the potential verb form. Common in written Japanese and announcements.

秋の公園でコスモスの花がたくさん咲く

Lots of cosmos flowers bloom in autumn parks

秋になって、日本のいろいろな所でコスモスの花が咲いています。

Autumn has come, and cosmos flowers are blooming in various places across Japan.

コスモスは秋を代表する花で、ピンクや白、赤などの色があります。

The cosmos is a flower that represents autumn, and it comes in colors such as pink, white and red.

広い畑に何万本ものコスモスが咲いている公園もあって、たくさんの人が見に来ています。

Some parks have tens of thousands of cosmos blooming in large fields, and many people are coming to see them.

家族や友だちといっしょに写真を撮ったり、花の中の道を歩いたりして、楽しんでいます。

People enjoy themselves by doing things like taking photos with family and friends and walking along the paths among the flowers.

コスモスは、夏の暑さや雨の量によって、咲く時期が少し変わります。

The blooming time of cosmos changes a little depending on the summer heat and the amount of rain.

多くの場所で、十月の終わりごろまで花を見ることができます。

In many places, you can see the flowers until around the end of October.