(はろうぃーん)

Halloween

(ふく)

clothes

(きる)

to wear, to put on (upper body/full body)

(ぺんぎん)

penguin

(さんぽ)

a walk, a stroll

(もうすぐ)

very soon / before long

(ある)

a certain (some)

(すいぞくかん)

aquarium

(かぼちゃ)

pumpkin

(おばけ)

ghost, monster

(ちいさな)

small / little

(ゆっくり)

slowly, at ease, peacefully

(あるく)

to walk

(くる)

to come

(ひと)

person / people

(みる)

to see, watch

(かわいい)

cute

(しゃしん)

photograph

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(とる)

to take (a photo)

(こども)

child

(そば)

side, near

(たのしい)

fun, enjoyable

(わらう)

to laugh

(いい)

good

(うんどう)

movement; exercise; campaign

(きせつ)

Season

(にほん)

Japan

(いろいろ)

various

(ところ)

place; area

(いべんと)

event

(ひらく)

to open, to hold (event)

polite copula / is, am, are

Describes states such as the mother panda being healthy and the baby being small.

by means of / using

The particle で indicates the means by which something is done. Here, '宇宙船で' means 'by/using a spaceship'.

plural suffix (for people)

Pluralizing suffix attached to nouns referring to people.

and (non-exhaustive list)

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

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".

to say that ~ (quotation)

津波が来ると言っています reports the expert's statement; と marks the quoted content.

while doing ...

Verb stem + ながら indicates doing two things simultaneously. The action before ながら is the secondary action; the main action follows.

was doing, had been doing

Past progressive or past continuous state. Formed with て-form + いた. Describes an action or state that was ongoing in the past.

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).

looking / seemingly (manner)

Adverbial form of ～そう describing how something appears. おいしそうに食べていました (ate looking delicious / with apparent enjoyment).

for ~ / from the perspective of ~

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

to become

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

passive ongoing state (be ~ed)

Passive forms describing food being thrown away and goods being sold, as ongoing situations.

ハロウィーンの服を着たペンギンが散歩

Penguins go for a walk in Halloween costumes

もうすぐハロウィーンです。

It will soon be Halloween.

ある水族館で、ハロウィーンの服を着たペンギンたちが散歩をしました。

At an aquarium, penguins wearing Halloween costumes went for a walk.

ペンギンたちは、かぼちゃやおばけの小さな服を着て、ゆっくり歩きました。

The penguins wore little pumpkin and ghost outfits and walked slowly.

水族館に来た人たちは、ペンギンを見て「かわいい」と言いながら、写真をたくさん撮っていました。

People who came to the aquarium looked at the penguins and took lots of photos, saying "Cute!"

子どもたちも、ペンギンのそばで楽しそうに笑っていました。

The children, too, laughed happily beside the penguins.

ペンギンにとって、散歩はいい運動になります。

For penguins, a walk is good exercise.

この季節、日本のいろいろな所で、ハロウィーンのイベントが開かれています。

At this time of year, Halloween events are being held in various places around Japan.