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To give a definition of word is more difficult than to give an illustration of its usage.
言葉を定義することは、実例を挙げてその使い方を説明するよりも難しい。
For example, this is a pen.
例えば、これは一本のペンです。
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
However, there are instances in history where entire peoples were successfully exterminated.
しかし、歴史上、民族殲滅に成功した例がある。
Show me an example.
例を一つ示してください。
Everybody without exception must take the test.
全員が例外なくその試験を受けなくてはならない。
The punishment should be in proportion to the crime.
罪に比例して罰するべきだ。
There is no rule without exceptions.
例外のない規則はない。
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。
We have less snow than usual.
今年は例年より雪が少ない。
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.
On the surface the book consists mostly of a series of case histories.
表面上、本書の大部分は一連の事例の変遷を記録したものである。
For example, chameleons can change the color of their skin and blend with the trees and leaves around them.
例えば、カメレオンは皮膚の色を変え、回りの木や葉っぱにとけ込むことが出来る。
We can apply this rule to that case.
私たちはその事例にこの規則を適用できる。
Birds, for instance, have a special protective device.
例えば、小鳥は特別な防御装置を備えている。
She was taken in by that fake gold certificate scandal and lost most of her money.
彼女は例の金のインチキ証券商法に引っかかり持ち金のほとんどを失ってしまった。
The monthly staff meeting is never held on Monday.
月例のスタッフミーティングは決して月曜日には開かれない。
Please give us some examples.
どうぞ例をあげてください。
As is often the case with her, she didn't show up on time.
例によって彼女はまた時間通りには現われなかった。
There are exceptions to every rule.
どんな規則にも例外がある。
Please show me another example.
別の実例を教えてください。
I think he has something to do with that scandal.
彼は例のスキャンダルと関係があると思う。
For example, this is a pen.
例えば、これはペンです。
The phone rang while I was taking a bath, as usual.
例によって私の入浴中に電話が鳴った。
It's been hot this month, but today's an exception.
今月は暑かったが、今日は例外だ。
He was as gentle a man as ever lived.
彼は今まで例がないほど優しい人だ。
We will make an exception of your case.
君の場合は例外としよう。
He illustrated the problem with an example.
彼は実例をあげてその問題を説明した。
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。
Young men such as you are needed for this work.
例えばあなたのような若い人たちがこの仕事には必要だ。
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。
Tom copies dirty example sentences he finds in his dictionary into his notebook and memorizes them.
トムは辞書で見つけた卑猥な例文をノートに写して暗記している。
There's an exception to every rule.
どの規則にも例外がある。
As was my habit, I was walking on the beach after the rain.
私は、例によつて、一人で、雨上りの砂浜を歩いてゐました。
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。
For example, you don't need a personal seal to collect a parcel.
例えば、宅配便の受け取りには、判子は必要有りません。
I insist that exceptions not be made.
例外は作るべきではないと思います。
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
On gift-giving occasions, people generally avoid giving money, but there are exceptions.
贈り物をする場合に、人々は一般にお金を与えることはしないが、例外もある。
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.