工場 【こうじょう】
N4 science

Noun

factory

Also: plant; mill; workshop

ホンダ 中国の一部自動車工場を6月から休止へ 競争激化で

Honda will suspend operations at some of its automobile plants in China starting in June due to intensifying competition.

ホンダは、ことし6月から中国の一部の自動車工場を休止することを決めたことがわかりました。

It has been learned that Honda has decided to suspend operations at some of its automobile plants in China starting in June of this year.

近く 【ちかく】
N5 science

Noun

near

Also: neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

岩手 紫波町 クマに襲われ警察官けが 近くに女性1人の遺体4月21日 19:24

In Iwate Prefecture, a police officer was injured in a bear attack in the town of Murasakicho. The body of a woman was found nearby on April 21st at 7:24 PM.

動物 【どうぶつ】
N5 news

Noun

animal

大阪・天王寺動物園に8年ぶりにゾウ 国内最大級のゾウ舎で3頭公開

Elephants return to Osaka’s Tennoji Zoo after eight years, and three of them will be displayed in one of Japan’s largest elephant enclosures.

大阪市天王寺区の天王寺動物園で21日、新たにアジアゾウ3頭が公開された。

Three new Asian elephants were unveiled to the public at Tennoji Zoo in Tennoji Ward, Osaka City, on the 21st.

園によると、いずれもマレーシアで保護されたアジアゾウで、同国の動物園と結んだ保護プログラムに基づき、迎え入れることになったという。

According to the zoo, all of the elephants are Asian elephants that were rescued in Malaysia, and they were brought to the zoo as part of a conservation program established with a Malaysian zoo.