The Price of Rice 米の価格

The price of rice has become twice as much as last year.米の値段が去年の２倍だ。 The reasons are as follows. 理由は下記の通りだ。 1.The wholesalers buy up rice, raise the price. 卸売業者が値段を吊り上げるために米を買い占めてるから。 2. Inbound tourists consume rice more than we expected. 海外の観光客が想像以上に米を消費するから。 3. Since the government wants to adjust the rice price, they ask farmers to reduce its production. 政府が米の値段の調整をしたいから、生産量を減らすように頼んでいる。 There was a big earthquake in August last year. 去年の８月に大きな地震があった。 Experts said it would be a sign of a big earthquake that would happen in the future. 専門家が、その地震は将来起こるであろう地震の前兆だと言った。 After the forecast, people rushed into supermarkets to buy rice and wholesalers started hoarding it, in the end, the price of rice has increased. その予報の後、みんな米を買うためにスーパーに駆け込み、卸売業者は、米を買い占めだして、価格が上がった。 We are self -sufficient in rice, but the price is high, so we have to import rice. 米は自給自足できるのに、価格が高いから輸入しなくてはいけない。 I haven't seen stockpiled rice that is supposed to be being distributed. 流通しているであろう備蓄米を見たことがない。