To understand Japanese culture to the full, you should learn the language.
日本文化を十分に理解するためには、日本語を学ぶべきだ。
Later, in high school, I would take chemistry the way I took vitamin pills.
後に、高校生になると、僕はビタミン剤を常用するように化学を「摂取した」
The changes resulting from the women's movement have affected both women and men.
女性運動による変化によって、女性も男性も影響を受けた。
From year to year, pollution is worsening.
年々公害が悪化する。
Immediately after it caught fire, the chemical factory blew up.
火がつくとすぐに、その化学工場は爆発した。
The fun thing about this job is that the technology is continually advancing so it continues to be stimulating.
この仕事の面白みは、常に技術が進化しているので、刺激を受け続けられることですね。
They want change. They hate staying in one place.
変化が欲しいんだ。１つ場所にいるのがいやなんだ。
Man has a great capacity to adapt to environmental changes.
人間は環境の変化に適応する能力が高い。
Children below the age of 8 have an underdeveloped frontal lobe that might cause them to be unable to separate reality from fantasy. Some of them might believe that there are monsters in their closet or under the bed for example. They are also sometimes u
The concept of zero sprang from the Hindu culture.
ゼロという概念はヒンドゥー文化に由来している。
Many groups of immigrants have been assimilated into American society.
多くの移民のグループがアメリカの社会に同化された。
Japan has undergone a drastic change as a result of industrialization.
日本は工業化の結果急激な変貌を遂げた。
There are so-called primitive cultures in the jungles of the Amazon and on the island of New Guinea, and there are so-called advanced cultures in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but the languages of these cultures are all equally advanced and complex.
This country has an even temperature throughout the year.
この国は年間を通して気温の変化がない（安定している）。
They like variety; they don't like to stay in just one place.
変化が欲しいんだ。１つ場所にいるのがいやなんだ。
In communism, the means of production are owned by the state.
共産主義の下では、生産手段は国有化される。
Countries differ in culture.
文化は国々によって異なる。
School systems have to cope with changing numbers of pupils.
学校制度は生徒数の変化に対応しなくてはならない。
You can't separate language from culture.
言葉を文化から引き離すことはできない。
These ideas are embodied in the constitution.
これらの理念は憲法に具体化されている。
I thought my son was being quite sneaky lately. Sure enough, I spotted him uploading a picture of himself cross-dressing and in makeup to a blog.
最近息子がこそこそしてると思ったら、どうやらお化粧して女装した写真をブログにアップしているらしい。
If the other person does mention his family, then it is perfectly OK to ask about the ages of the children, and if you have children, to compare educational and cultural differences in raising children.
