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Every law has its exception.
例外のない規則はありません。
There are exceptions to every rule.
どの規則にも例外がある。
That's an unusual thing, undoubtedly.
それは全く異例のことだ。
Example sentence no. 354618 created a lot of confusion on the Tatoeba website.
例文第354618でタトエバホームページの中で多くの混乱が起こった。
Let me give you an example.
私はあなたに一例を示しましょう。
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.
The opposition party is still harping on the scandal.
野党は相変わらず例のスキャンダルを繰り返し非難しています。
Do not delete this example sentence.
この例文を削除しないでください。
Please ensure you always include a link-back in your replies. ">>" in plain ASCII + number (e.g. >>1).
回答にはアンカーを必ずつけて下さい。半角で ">>"+数字(例: >>1)です。
About that matter, how did it go?
例の件、どうなった?
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。
As is often the case with him, he didn't show up on time.
例によって彼はまた時間どおりに現れなかった。
Instead use words like "some", "many", "often", and begin statements with openers like, "In my experience, ...", "Excuse me if I'm wrong, but...", "In many instances, ...."
I wonder why the names Tom and Mary are often used in sentences that are in the Tatoeba Corpus.
タトエバの例文にはどうしてトムとメアリーばっかり出てくるんだろう。
Quote me an example.
例を一つ示してください。
When I looked at the explanatory notes under the posts list I realized what was causing it.
投稿一覧の下の凡例を見て原因が分かりました。
There is no rule without exceptions.
例外のない規則はない。
The income tax rate increases in proportion to the salary increase.
給与が増えるに比例して、所得税率もあがっていく。
You shouldn't have made such a remark even if you had been angry.
例えあなたが立腹していたとしていても、あんな事を言うべきではなかった。
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.
He has extracted a great many examples from the grammar book.
彼はその文法書から多くの用例を引用している。
Like, 'Hey, I just saw a blue paper square!'
例えば、『ねえ、ちょうど今青い四角の紙を見たよ。』のようにだ。
This is an exceptional case.
これは例外的な場合だ。
For example, what would you do if you had 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。
Don't worry! Even if I drink, it doesn't have an effect on my driving.
大丈夫だって!例え飲んでいても、そんなの私の運転には影響ないから。
Every team was defeated without exception.
どのチームも例外なく打ち負かされた。
"Tatoeba" means "for example" in Japanese.
"Tatoeba"とは日本語で「例えば」という意味です。
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