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One of the reasons Twitter is popular in Japan is a characteristic of Japanese itself: Japanese uses ideograms which enable it to convey more information in just 140 characters than other languages, not counting Chinese. Incidentally, the Japanese version
Fundamentally, you're not practicing anything by translating, so even if you say that you can't do it, once you've set your sights on a similar sentence you've seen before that is more natural yet does not quite convey the original sentence's nuances, tra
"He's a tiger when he's angry" is an example of metaphor.
「怒ると彼はトラになる」というのは隠喩の例である。
Such a case is not uncommon today.
そんな例は今日では珍しいことではありません。
In early times, inventions were often stumbled upon by accident.
昔は偶然ぶつかったことが発明となった例が多い。
Quote me an example.
例を一つ示してください。
No matter what happens, I won't give up.
例えどんなことがあってもあきらめません。
As usual, Tom was late.
例によって、トムは遅刻した。
Our earnings are in proportion to our real ability.
我々の稼ぎは実力に比例している。
This is an exception to the rule.
これはその規則の例外である。
Our club will hold its monthly meeting next Wednesday.
私たちのクラブは次の水曜日に月例会を開きます。
She was as great a scientist as ever lived.
彼女はこれまでに例のないほどの偉大な科学者だった。
The number of muffins that you'll receive will be inversely proportional to the number of times you talk on IRC.
マフィンを受ける数は、IRCでしゃべる回数に反比例して変化する。
He seized on the unprecedented opportunity.
彼は前例のない（良い）機会をとらえた。
For example, more people are choosing to live together and have children without getting married.
例えば、結婚しないで同棲して子供をもうける人が増えている。
Do not delete this example sentence.
この例文を削除しないでください。
As is usual with him Mike was late for the meeting this afternoon.
例によって、マイクは今日の午後会合に遅刻した。
Cats usually hate dogs.
ネコは通例犬が嫌いだ。
On his tour of Italy, he visited several cities which are famous for their scenic beauty, for instance, Naples and Florence.
イタリア旅行で彼はいくつか景勝の地として有名な都市、例えば、ナポリやフィレンツェを訪れた。
There are no exceptions to this rule.
この規則には例外は認められない。
Every rule has its exceptions.
例外のないルールはない。
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.
What would you do if you had, say, ten thousand dollars?
例えば君が１万ドル持っていればどうするだろうか。
Example is better than precept.
実例は教訓にまさる。
The example doesn't fall into any type stated above.
この例は先にあげたどのタイプにも当てはまらない。
I hear that you are having an unusually cold winter.
例年になく寒い冬だそうですね。
Could someone make an example sentence in German using the word "Beispiel?"
どなたか Beispiel という言葉を使ったドイツ語の例文を作っていただけないでしょうか？
Reading a book can be compared to making a journey.
読書は旅に例えることができる。
How can I link or unlink sentences?
例文同士のリンクや解除はどうすればできますか？
As is often the case, he eats while reading a newspaper.
例によって彼は新聞を読みながら食事をしている。
For example, he speaks German, French and English.
例えば、 彼は ドイツ語とフランス語と英語を話します。
Children below the age of 8 have an underdeveloped frontal lobe that might cause them to be unable to separate reality from fantasy. Some of them might believe that there are monsters in their closet or under the bed for example. They are also sometimes u
As was my habit, I was walking on the beach after the rain.
私は、例によって、一人で、雨上りの砂浜を歩いていました。
The unprecedented drought did severe damage to the wheat harvest.
前例のない干ばつが小麦の収穫に甚大な被害をもたらした。
Life is often compared to a voyage.
人生はしばしば航海に例えられる。
I have gathered examples with the object of making a dictionary.
私は辞書をつくる目的で用例を集めた。
More students than ever before have sat for their bar examinations this year.
今年は例年に無く多くの学生が司法試験を受けた。
The company, although with some exceptions, usually utilizes its resources very well.
例外もあるが、その会社はたいていは資産をとてもうまく利用している。
Seaside resorts, such as Newport, are very crowded in summer.
海岸の避暑地は、例えばニューボートがそうだが、夏には非常に混雑する。
When parents get old in Japan, they are customarily looked after by their children.
日本では親は年をとると、通例子供たちの世話になる。
There are exceptions to every rule.
すべての規則には例外がある。
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
For instance, in my father's business the timing of sales and purchases was very important, and he would sometimes write or say to his colleagues "There is a tide," without going into detail.
