In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
The situation has evolved into a more complex problem.
事態はさらに複雑な問題に発展した。
The pain from the compound fracture was almost intolerable.
複雑骨折の痛みはほとんど耐え難かった。
I can see some intricate patterns in the picture.
その絵には複雑な模様が見える。
I have mixed feelings about this.
これには複雑な気持ちだ。
This child solved the complicated mathematics problem easily.
この子は複雑な数学の問題を簡単に解いた。
Edison invented a device for duplication.
エジソンは複写の装置を発明した。
Subtle differences in tone discriminate the original from the copy.
原画と複製とでは色調に微妙な差異がある。
Those four words carried not only a lot of complex information, but also the persuasive force of a proverb.
この４語はたくさんの複雑な情報を伝えるばかりでなく、諺の持つ説得力もあるのである。
How complex is it?
どのぐらい複雑なのだろうか。
The language of that tribe is as complex as any other human language.
その種族の言語は他のどんな人間の言語にも劣らず複雑だ。
He dwelt on the complexities of modern life.
彼は現代生活の複雑性について長々と話した。
He came up with a terrific solution to the complex problem.
彼はその複雑な問題を解決するすばらしい方法を思いついた。
Math is like love - a simple idea, but it can get complicated.
数学は恋のようだ。単純だけど複雑にもなりうる。
In Esperanto an adjective ends in "a." The plural is formed by adding "j."
エスペラントは形容詞が「a」で終わります。複数形が「j」を付けて作られます。
Modern finance is becoming increasingly complicated and sophisticated.
現代の金融は一段と複雑かつ高度になってきている。
The explanation may be much more complex.
その説明は、もっとはるかに複雑なものかもしれない。
The picture you are looking at is a copy of a Picasso.
君が見ている絵はピカソの複製だ。
The machine was too complicated for us to find out the cause of the trouble.
その機械は複雑すぎて、我々は故障の原因を見つけられなかった。
Lately the discount airline ticket system has gotten so complicated that there's a lot about it I can't figure out.
最近は、航空券の格安チケットも仕組みが複雑すぎて、わかりにくいことが多い。
Asked about her job, she said, "My job is too complicated to sum up in a word."
彼女は仕事のことを尋ねられると、「私の仕事は複雑なので一言では要約できません」と言った。
This form looks kind of complicated. Help me fill it out.
この書式はやや複雑そうだ。書きこむのを手伝ってくれ。
Frustrated with the European languages, which he considered "too boring", Christopher Columbus invented "Columbian", a language so complicated that only he could speak it.
In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.
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.
Researchers Identify New Receptor Complex in Brain
研究者は頭脳の新しい受容器の複合体を識別する。
With horse racing and such, these are called "stakes". For this meaning the plural form is often used.
競馬などで、ｓｔａｋｅｓと言う。この意味では複数形で使われることが多い。
The story was so complicated that I couldn't follow it.
その話は非常に複雑だったので私にはついていけなかった。
Why am I so complicated?
どうして私はそんなに複雑な人なんでしょう。
We've run out of paper for the photocopier.
複写機の紙を切らしたよ。
That is a very complex machine.
あれはとても複雑な機械だ。
This might lead us to believe that a simple culture would make use of a simple language, that a complex culture would make use of a complex language, and so on.
Don't complicate the problem by raising new issues.
新たな問題を持ち出してその問題を複雑にするな。
The structure of the brain is complicated.
脳の構造は複雑だ。
That kanji is so complex, I can't read it.
そんな漢字は僕が読めないほどたいへん複雑なんだ。
But as civilizations grew more complex, better methods of communication were needed.
しかし文明が一層複雑になってくると、よりよい伝達方法が必要になってきた。
The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.
複雑骨折の痛みはほとんど耐え難かった。
That painting is a copy.
あの絵は複製です。
He is good at solving complicated mathematical problems.
彼は複雑な数学の問題を解くことが得意だ。
Our feelings towards him are mixed.
われわれの彼に対する感情は複雑だ。
The problem is complicated by his personality.
この問題は彼の性格と複雑にからんでいる。
He devised a complicated clockwork toy.
彼は複雑なぜんまいじかけのおもちゃを考案した。
I'm not good at multitasking.
一度に複数の仕事をこなすのは得意ではありません。
My brother could not solve the complicated problem.
兄はその複雑な問題を解くことができなかった。
Life today is fast-moving and complex.
今日の生活はめまぐるしく変わり複雑である。
To this extent, it has the characteristics of a great complicated balance between plant life and lower forms of animal life.
天候は、世界の至る所で、植物界と下等動物界の間の複雑な調和状態に影響を与えている。
And though a web looks complicated, it takes a spider little time to make one and catch insects.
巣は複雑そうに見えるが、クモが巣を作って昆虫を捕るのに時間はほとんどかからない。
His lie complicated matters.
彼の嘘が事態を複雑にした。
Do you know anything about complex carbohydrates?
複雑炭水化物って何か知ってますか。
The plants manufacture complex chemical compounds.
工場では複雑な化学化合物を製造している。
The Japanese distribution system, characterized by layers of wholesale, is complex and costly.
いく層もの卸業者の存在が特色である日本の流通機構は、複雑でコストもかかる。
What seems simple to you seems complex to me.
君には単純に見えるものでも、ぼくには複雑に思われる。
When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.
