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Keep an eye on the child for me for a moment.
しばらく私の代わりに子供から目を離さないで下さい。
He will go in your place.
彼があなたの代わりに行くだろう。
Myths and legends should be handed down from generation to generation.
神話や伝説は代々語り継がれていくべきだ。
Japan is unique among the Asian countries in having modernized completely.
日本は完全に近代化したという点で、アジア諸国の中にあって独特の存在である。
Sometimes it is pleasant to look back on one's childhood.
少年時代を思い出すのも時には楽しいものだ。
We should substitute alcohol for oil.
石油の代りにアルコールを使うべきだ。
I can't pay for the car.
私はその車の代金を払うことが出来ない。
She worked as an aerobics instructor in her twenties.
彼女は20代にエアロビクスのインストラクターとして働いていた。
This book says the earliest man-made bridges date back to the New Stone Age.
この本によれば、最初の人工橋梁は新石器時代にさかのぼるという。
He defected to the Soviet Union in the 1950's.
彼は1950年代にソビエト連邦へ逃亡した。
She was good at mathematics in high school.
彼女は高校時代数学が得意でした。
He is well acquainted with ancient history.
彼は古代史に精通している。
In Kyoto, you can see both old and modern buildings.
京都では古い建物と現代的な建物の両方が見られる。
Tom is the perfect son.
トムさんは代表的な息子です。
For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave significance to life and that the only purpose that could be assigned to the generations that succeed one another on the face of this crowded earth was to produce an artist now and then.
I rate him among the best modern composers in Japan.
私は彼を日本で最高の現代の作曲家の一人だと評価している。
He proposed an alternate plan.
彼は代わりの計画を提案した。
Tom and I went to the same high school.
トムは高校時代の友人です。
Would you like some more bread?
パンのお代わりはいかがですか?
He attended the meeting in my place.
私の代わりに彼がその会合に出席した。
On behalf of my classmates, let me say a few words of thanks to you.
級友を代表してお礼の言葉を述べさしていただきます。
Rows of houses, each of them different and pleasing with their spacious gardens, are replaced by purely functional blocks of flats which have nothing more to commend them than over-praised 'modern conveniences'.
In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.