晴れる 【はれる】
N5 news

Ichidan verb

to clear up

Also: to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining

On the 8th, many places from Kyushu to Hokkaido had clear skies.

落とす 【おとす】
N4 science

Godan verb with 'su' ending

to drop

Also: to lose; to let fall; to shed (light)

The increasingly uncertain situation in the Middle East is casting a shadow over Japan’s economy.

科学 【かがく】
N4 society

Noun

science

Regarding the new curriculum guidelines, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s advisory council has decided to establish “Information Studies” as a new subject in elementary schools and “Information and Technology” in junior high schools, with the aim of fostering information literacy and incorporating the use of generative AI and social media. This will be implemented from the year after next…

警察 【けいさつ】
Review N4 society

Noun

police

A traffic accident involving six fatalities occurred on the Meishin Expressway in Mie Prefecture, and police are investigating the safety management practices of the transportation company involved.

In an accident on a new section of the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Kamei City, Mie Prefecture, a large truck rear-ended three cars inside a tunnel, resulting in six deaths. The driver who was arrested had worked for his employer, a transportation company, for more than four years, and had no prior record of causing accidents involving injuries or fatalities. The police are investigating...