Early man used his fingers and toes to count the animals he owned, or the measures of grain he had stored.
初期の人間は、自分が所有する動物や蓄えている穀物の量を数えるのに、手足の指を使った。
What seems easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
最初は簡単に思えることがあとで難しいと分かることがよくある。
The beginning of the story was interesting.
その物語の初めはおもしろかった。
She asked me who had arrived first.
彼女は私に誰が最初に着いたのと聞いた。
At first I didn't like ballet, but I've come to like it by degrees.
最初はバレエは好きではなかったが、しだいに好きになっていった。
This dictionary is useful to beginners, yes, and to advanced learners.
この辞書は初級者に、いやそれどころか上級者にも役に立つ。
First come, first served.
最初に来た者が最初に食物を供される。
To make a long story short, he married his first love.
かいつまんで話せば、彼は初恋の人と結婚したのだ。
In the opening paragraphs I query the validity of so-called supply-side economic strategies.
最初のパラグラフでは、いわゆるサプライサイドの経済戦略というものの妥当性について疑問を呈する。
Tom is obviously a beginner.
トムはどう見ても初心者だ。
The beginning showed it.
それは最初から分かっていた。
Is this your first visit to Japan?
日本は初めてですか。
The implications of this did not at first sink in.
この事が暗に意味することは最初は理解されなかった。
I don't mind since I'm used to it, but the first guy who thought about making a hearse with a golden roof on top of it, he must have had quite bad taste.
Tom and Mary woke up early to see the first sunrise of the year.
トムとメアリーは初日の出を見るため早く起きた。
When I first met him, I was taken aback by his unexpected question.
初めて彼に会ったとき、意外な質問にびっくりしました。
He was the first man that climbed Mount Everest.
彼はエベレストに登った最初の人だった。
Following a cookbook, I made my first Spanish food, and it came out very well.
料理の本を見ながら初めてスペイン料理を作ってみましたが、大成功でした。
I'm a beginner, so I think I'll start from a 'garter stitch' muffler or a 'knit-one-purl-one stitch' one.
私は初心者なので「ガーター編みのマフラー」か「一目ゴム編みのマフラー」から始めようと思います。
At first the job looked good to Tom, but later it became tiresome.
初めは仕事はトムにむいているように思えたが後でうんざりして来た。
You knew it wouldn't.
そんなの初めから分かってたじゃない。
It turned out there was nobody who would be the first to talk about it. What do we do now?
結局、それについて初めに話してくれる人は誰も来なかったということか。さて、どうしよう。
He was the first man to climb Mt. Fuji in winter.
彼は冬に富士山に登った最初の人でした。
I expect this is your first time for this.
こういうの初めてだろ。
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in thi
This was the first Japanese food I had ever tasted.
これは私が初めて味わった日本料理だった。
This road should have already been completed according to the original plan.
最初の計画ではこの道路はすでに完成しているはずだ。
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches, in numbers this nation has never seen. By people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be differen