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There’s been a big focus on activities to disseminate information about what to do in the event of a disaster to non-Japanese whose Japanese is not up to scratch. This refers to easy to understand Japanese that especially focuses on making sentence structures easier, and avoiding double negatives. Besides disasters, this trend has grown to cover cooking, childcare and other aspects of daily life.

日本語にほんご
Nihongo ga
(whose) Japanese
十分じゅうぶんではない
juubun dewa/ha nai
is not up to scratch
外国人がいこくじん
gaikokujin
non-Japanese
に、
ni,
to
災害さいがい
saigai
(the event of a) disaster
ni
in
どう対処たいしょするかを
dou taisho suru ka o/wo
(information about) what to do
つたえる
tsutaeru
to disseminate
活動かつどう
katsudou ga
activities
注目ちゅうもくされています。
chuumoku sarete imasu.
there’s been (a) big focus on
これは
Kore wa/ha
this
ぶん
bun no
sentence
構造こうぞう
kouzou o/wo
structures
簡単にかんたん
kantan ni
easier
したり
shitari
making and
二重にじゅう否定ひてい
nijuu hitei o/wo
double negatives
けたりする
saketari suru
avoiding
などに注意ちゅういはらった、
nado ni chuui o/wo haratta,
(that) especially focuses on
わかりやすい
wakariyasui
easy to understand
日本語にほんご
Nihongo no
Japanese
ことです。
koto desu.
refers to
災害さいがい
Saigai no
disasters
ほかに、
hoka ni,
besides
料理りょうり
ryouri
cooking
ya
and
育児いくじ
ikuji
childcare
など
nado
other aspects (of)
日常にちじょう生活せいかつ
nichijou’seikatsu
daily life
にも
nimo
to cover
ひろがっています。
hirogatte imasu.
(this trend) has grown

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