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Some people say thirteen is an unlucky number.
13は不吉な数であるという人がいる。
Mr. Yoshida is too severe with his children.
吉田さんは子供に対して厳格すぎる。
Yoshio helped me lift the box up.
吉雄は私がその箱を持ち上げるのを手伝ってくれた。
I am not as busy as Yoshio.
私は吉雄ほど忙しくない。
Mr Yoshida never breaks his promise.
吉田氏は決して約束を破らない。
Yukichi Fukuzawa introduced Western ideas into Japan.
福沢諭吉は日本に西洋思想を広めた。
Four is an unlucky number in Japan.
4は日本では不吉な数字だ。
Mr Yoshida directed me to come at once.
吉田先生は私にすぐ来るように指示した。
When Chokichi thought listlessly about this winter, and the similar winter before and the one before that, he vividly experienced the fact that as people grow older, they gradually lose their happiness.
A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.
Calm down a little, Kissho, your bumpkin nature is standing out!
すこし落ち着け吉祥、おのぼりさん丸出しだぞ。
Quick let's get started on the project proposal while the idea is still fresh in our minds. There's no time like the present.
思い立ったが吉日、さっそくプロジェクトの企画案を書き始めよう。
Mr. Yoshida never breaks his promise.
吉田氏は決して約束を破らない。
By the way, the pastry known as "Shu Cream" in Japan is not known under this name neither in England nor in France. If you ask for a "Shu Cream" in England, you will end up comically receiving shoe shine.
The other day, we chose Yoshida to be the catcher on our school's baseball team.
私たちは先日、吉田君を我が野球チームのキャッチャーに選んだ。
He believes in the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number.
彼は13が不吉な数だという迷信を信じている。
Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge hars