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Bad news travels quickly.
悪事千里を走る。
Well they say bad news travels fast.
悪事千里を走るって言うからね。
Rina is in the home economics club. Her main activity is dressmaking.
里奈は家庭科部に入っていて、主に洋裁をしている。
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.
Living as he did in remote countryside, he seldom came up to town.
彼は人里離れた田舎に住んでいるので、町に来ることはめったにない。
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。
Is Mr Sato good at literature?
里さんって文学が上手ですか。
Malicious gossip spreads like wildfire. I guess that's why they say bad news travels fast.
悪事千里を走るって言うだろう。悪い噂はアッという間に広まっちゃうのさ。
The Imari porcelain plate that my father cherished was quite heavy.
祖父が大事にしていた伊万里焼の皿は、ずっしりと重かった。
This is a horror staple - young men and women spend a night of terror in an isolated house.
若い男女が人里離れた洋館で恐怖の一夜を過ごすという、ホラーの定番スタイルだ。
Mr Sato practices archery in the weekends.
里さんは週間に弓道をします。
My aunt lives in a lonely house in the country.
祖母は田舎の人里はなれた家に住んでいる。
He lives in a farmhouse remote from the world.
彼は人里離れた農家に住んでいる。
Mariko went to the aesthetic salon.
麻里子はエステに行った。
Rome was not built in a day.
千里の道も一歩から。
Mr Sato was standing on top of a boulder.
里さんは岩の上に立っていました。
The Great Wall of China is more than 5,500 miles long.
万里の長城は五千五百マイル以上の長さがあります。
This puppy is crying, because it is homesick for its mother.
この子犬は里心がついて泣いているんだ。
We're all at sea about where to take our company from here.
これからどう会社を経営していったらいいのか、五里霧中だ。
Mariko went to the aesthetic salon.
麻里子はエステティック・サロンに行きました。
You say po-tah-to I say po-tay-to. Rika is just that sort of girl. There's no way to win a battle of words with her.
あー言えば、こーゆー。里香ってばそんなヤツだ。文句の言い合いで勝てるわけない。
He lived in a house remote from the village.
彼は人里離れた家に住んでいた。
Recently my brother in law, artillery major Y, came back from a three year trip in Paris. Surrounded by a great number of souvenirs he had brought back, we heard tales of his travels.