The three animals tried to help the old man, the monkey using its ability to climb to collect fruit and nuts, and the fox catching fish in the stream to bring to him.
On November 15th the seven-five-three festival when parents with boys of five, girls of seven and either boys or girls of three dress, celebrate children's maturation, dress them in gay clothes and take to shrines where they pray for their children's futu
Don't drag out Chinese sayings about the importance of an environment conducive learning just to justify moving house for a child's entrance exams!
孟母三遷の教えなど持ち出して、子供のお受験での引っ越しを正当化しないでよ。
I have a reservation for three nights from tonight.
今夜から三泊で予約をお願いしてあります。
Her father died when she was three.
彼女は三歳のときに父親を亡くした。
Unfortunately, three days ago a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Japan's Tohoku region.
三日前は残念なことにマグニチュード8.9の地震が日本の東北地方太平洋沖で発生した。
The antiques my father left when he died turned out to be nothing but worthless junk.
死んだ父が残した骨董類は、どれも二足三文のガラクタに過ぎなかった。
Three days passed, four days passed. The wind blew once, it rained twice.
三日たち、四日たち、風が一度吹き、雨が二度降りました。
I must go to the station at three o'clock.
私は三時に駅に行かなければならない。
I have a reservation for three nights from tonight.
今晩から三泊、予約をしてあります。
Er, Sir? What's written on the blackboard isn't an exponential function but a trigonometric one ...
あのー、先生?黒板に書いてあるの、指数関数じゃなくて三角関数ですけど・・・。
Let's all think on this together and we might be able to come up with some good ideas. They say two heads are better than one.
三人寄れば文殊の知恵って言うだろ。みんなで考えれば、いい案が浮かぶかもしれないよ。
The teacher has three times as many books as I do.
先生は私の三倍の本を持っている。
Three missionaries were killed and eaten by cannibals.
三人の宣教師が人食い部族に殺され、食べられた。
The three boys had only two dollars among them.
三人の少年は合わせて2ドルしかもっていなかった。
Guests arrived by twos and threes.
客は三々五々到着した。
I'm the second oldest of three children.
私は三人兄弟の真ん中です。
I borrowed three books from the library.
私は図書館から本を三冊借りました。
Yesterday, I talked for 3 hours with my boyfriend. We haven't seen each other for a week.
昨日彼氏と三時間も電話で話しちゃった。だってもう一週間も会ってないんだよ。
Hanshin's moment of glory didn't last. They fell out of first place in a hurry.
阪神三日天下。あっと言う間に首位から転落しちゃったよ。
There were three deaths in the car crash.
車の衝突事故で死者が三名でた。
There are a few yachts on the calm sea.
穏やかな海にヨットが二三浮かんでいる。
He gets a haircut three times a month.
彼は月に三度、髪を切ってもらう。
Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.
失礼ですが、上の記事にある誤りを三つ指摘させてください。
I met her in the winter three years ago.
三年前の冬、彼女と出会った。
I have 13 cats.
私は猫を十三匹飼っている。
My husband has two older brothers. (That's right, I'm a third-son's wife)
私の夫には、兄が2人います。(そう、私は三男の嫁です)
Please give us a 20-30 min. time slot for our presentation.
プレゼンテーションのために二三十分時間をください。
My mother has been dead these three years.
私の母が死んで三年になる。
When I was in Paris, I became acquainted with two or three painters, and I went to visit their atelier from time to time. I was always fascinated by their method of work and their way of life.