佐川急便、宅配便の料金を平均13.8%値上げへ

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October fourth. Tonight: a big delivery company raises its prices. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down.

Sagawa Express, a big delivery company, announced it will raise its parcel delivery prices from January first next year.

It means an announcement. With the verb to do, it means to announce.

Prices will go up by about thirteen point eight percent on average.

It means average.

It is the first price increase since April twenty twenty-four.

It means since.

This is because many costs of carrying packages are rising.

It means to carry or transport.

For example, the rent for warehouses and the price of materials are going up.

It means to borrow, or to rent.

Wages paid to workers are also rising.

It means to pay.

Also, there are not enough workers, such as drivers.

It means not enough.

Sagawa must keep spending money so that fewer people can carry packages efficiently.

It means efficiency.

How much prices rise depends on the size of the package and the distance.

It means distance.

For example, say you send a small size sixty package from Kanto to Kansai.

It means to send.

In this case, it now costs one thousand forty yen, but from January it will be one thousand sixty, twenty yen more.

It means case, or situation.

The biggest, size two hundred sixty, goes from eight thousand four hundred twenty yen to ten thousand one hundred, up one thousand six hundred eighty.

It means a package, or luggage.

The bigger the package, the bigger the price increase.

It means a price increase.

Now the full story again.

Quiz time. Listen and answer.

From January first next year.

About thirteen point eight percent.

April twenty twenty-four.

Costs like rent, materials, and wages are rising, and there are not enough workers.

Twenty yen.

Ten thousand one hundred yen.

That's all for tonight. Thanks for listening. See you next time.