(ほっかいどう)

Hokkaido

(やま)

mountain

(だんせい)

man; male

(くま)

bear

(おそう)

to attack; to assault

(あさ)

morning

(さい)

years old

(さんさい)

wild vegetables / edible wild plants

(とる)

to take

(いく)

to go

(とつぜん)

suddenly

(おおきな)

big (attrib.)

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(むかう)

to head toward

(ちかく)

nearby

(き)

tree / wood

(うしろ)

behind / back

(かくれる)

to hide

(しばらく)

for a while

(なか)

inside

(かえる)

to return home

(けが)

injury

(けいさつ)

police

(さいきん)

recently

(みる)

to see, watch

(ひと)

person / people

(おおい)

many

(はいる)

to enter, be contained in

(とき)

time / occasion

(おと)

sound

(もの)

thing

(もつ)

to have; to hold

(ひとり)

one person / alone

(ちゅうい)

caution, warning

passive (be done to)

The passive form expresses that the subject undergoes an action; 襲われる = 'to be attacked.'

to go on doing / continue to (from now)

In '増えていく' – 'will continue to increase (into the future)'. Indicates continuing trend going forward.

to go to ~

Place + に + 行く indicates going to a destination. に marks the goal or direction of movement.

come toward (action approaching)

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

please do ...

Polite request form. Formed with て-form + ください. Used to ask someone to perform an action.

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.

北海道の山で男性が熊に襲われた

A man was attacked by a bear in the mountains of Hokkaido

5月21日の朝、北海道の山で、50歳の男性が熊に襲われました。

On the morning of May 21, in the mountains of Hokkaido, a 50-year-old man was attacked by a bear.

男性は山に山菜を取りに行っていました。

The man had gone to the mountains to gather wild vegetables.

突然、大きな熊が出てきて、男性に向かってきました。

Suddenly, a large bear came out and charged toward the man.

男性は近くにあった木の後ろに隠れました。

The man hid behind a nearby tree.

熊はしばらくして、山の中に帰っていきました。

After a while, the bear went back into the mountains.

男性はけがをしませんでした。

The man was not injured.

警察によると、最近この山の近くで熊を見た人が多くなっています。

According to police, the number of people who have recently seen bears near this mountain has increased.

警察は「山に入る時は、音が出る物を持ってください。

The police warn, "When you enter the mountains, please carry something that makes noise.

一人で山に行かないでください」と注意しています。

Do not go into the mountains alone."