When he openly declared he would marry Pablo, he almost gave his grandmother a heart attack and made his aunt's eyes burst out of their sockets; however, his little sister beamed with pride.
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.
In our society we find men of integrity along with crooks.
われわれの社会には、高潔な人もいれば、詐欺師もいる。
It was a sublime scenery.
それは崇高な光景であった。
It's too expensive.
それは高すぎます。
Tom and I went to the same high school.
トムと私は高校が同じです。
Her cooking is amazing.
彼女の料理は最高だ。
Tom is taller than I am.
トムは私より背が高い。
I am afraid of heights.
僕は高い所が苦手だ。
I imagined him a tall man.
私はかれを背の高い人だと思っていた。
Learning lessons from Europe, Japan has to switch its economic-oriented policy to a consumer-conscious one, in order to cope with the coming unprecedented aging society towards the 21st century.
Friction between the Americans and the British mounted.
米国人とイギリス人との間の摩擦が高まった。
The priest tried to improve the people's morals.
祭司は人々を道徳的に高めようとした。
Brokers made a killing because of the high yen.
ブローカーは円高のおかげで大もうけしました。
Their highest skill was woodworking.
彼らの最高の技術は木工細工に見られた。
I am tall.
私は背が高い。
What mountain do you think is the second highest in Japan?
日本で２番目に高い山は何山だと思いますか。
That book is thick, but it's not very expensive.
その本は厚いが、高くはない。
Repairs will cost a lot of money.
修理は高くつくでしょう。
Such was his pride that he could not bring himself to ignore the insult.
彼はプライドが高かったので、その屈辱を無視する気にはなれなかった。
Tom bought a really expensive, well-made pair of shoes.
トムはとても高級な、丁寧な作りの靴を購入した。
He's much taller than you.
彼は君よりずっと背が高い。
The rate of increase in households is higher for apartment houses than for individual houses.
一戸建より共同住宅に住む世帯の増加率の方が高い。
That cost me a lot in the long run.
その買い物は結局高くついた。
What's that tall man playing?
あの背の高い人は何を弾いているの？
He teaches English grammar at a high school.
彼は高校で英文法を教えている。
This seems expensive, but it's so durable it will pay in the long run.
この車は高そうですが、耐久性があるので長い目で見れば得です。
The magazine article said that the value of the yen would rise.
その雑誌の記事には円高になるだろうと書いてあった。
Tom became anorexic when he was a high school student.
トムは高校生のころ拒食症になった。
Who is taller, you or Ken?
あなたと健とどちらが背が高いですか。
It is expensive to live in Japan.
日本で暮らすのは高くつく。
Investing money in your home has some merit; when it is time to sell it you can get more money.
家に投資することにはいくらかの利点がある。いざ売却するという時高く売れるからだ。
Old people have difficulty understanding modern technology.
高齢者は新しい技術に付いていくのに苦労している。
A monkey is climbing up a tall tree.
猿が高い木に登っていく。
We graduate from high school at eighteen.
私たちは１８歳で高校を卒業する。
This symbol stands for strength and integrity.
このシンボルは強さと高潔さを表す。
The actress always wears expensive jewels.
その女優はいつも高価な宝石を身に着けている。
This is a useful book and, what is more, it is not expensive.
これは役に立つ本だし、その上、値段も高くない。
I can't afford to shop at such an expensive store.
私にはそんな高い店で買い物をする余裕はない。
The tree is about as high as the roof.
その木は屋根と同じぐらいの高さだ。
This tree is about as high as that one.
この木はあの木とほぼ同じ高さだ。
The umpire sits in a high chair at the side of the court.
審判はコートのかたわらにある高い椅子に座る。
I enjoyed driving on the new highway.
私は新しい高速道路をドライブして楽しかった。
The price of this tie is too high.
このネクタイの値段は高すぎる。
Especially over the last 20 years, the purported link between progressive welfare policies and economic failure in the Northern European countries seems to point to the difficulty of sustaining both full social welfare and international competitivity.
