Trading was slow today after yesterday's market decline.
昨日の株価下落に伴い、今日の取引は低迷だった。
The minimum wage has hardly budged as of late.
最低賃金はこのところほとんど変わっていません。
He's shorter than Tom.
彼はトムより背が低い。
The more worthless the plant, the more rapid and splendid is its growth.
植物は価値が低いものほど、その成長が速く盛んである。
I polished for all I was worth. The trouble is that my stock of low-grade gems was surprisingly low.
一生懸命磨きました。困ったのは、意外と低級宝石のストックがないことです。
Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people.
The notion of upper-class and lower-class among humans in this world is a topic likely to be found in a woman's essay. Anyone who thinks that falls in the lower-class category of humans.
When I was in my first years of grade school, my father taught me a haiku and I longed to be a poet. On my Tanabata wish, I also wrote "Please make me a poet". Thirty years have passed and my wish has been granted. I am without doubt an invalid.
The unemployment rate dropped to a five-year low in January.
失業率は一月に過去５年間の最低を記録しました。
Because Lee was injured, the strength of the Stars has greatly diminished.
リさんが怪我されたため、スターズの戦力がだいぶ低下しました。
They are short and thin.
彼らは、背が低くてやせている。
It's disgusting that you're sleeping in the movie theatre even though you came to see a movie!
映画を見に来たのに、映画館で寝るなんて最低！
I was the shorter of us two.
私たち２人では私のほうが背が低かった。
They attributed the low death rate of infants to the progress of medicine.
彼らは幼児の死亡率の低さは医学の進歩のゆえと考えた。
He is short, but he is strong.
彼は背が低いが力持ちだ。
Our company pays badly.
われわれの会社は賃金が低い。
Japanese sweets are lower in calories than Western sweets.
和菓子は洋菓子よりカロリーが低い。
The reduction in obstetricians and gynecologists is a reflection of the decrease in births, thus reducing need for medical care.
産婦人科医が減っているのは出生数の減少で医療ニーズが低減したのを反映している。
She seems short beside her sister.
彼女は姉のそばでは低く見える。
Women are employed at a lower salary than men.
女性は男性よりも低い給料で雇われている。
Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.
