His book is oriented towards children, but here and there are words that he has never seen before. He doesn't know whether it is just him, or if they are just simply difficult words, but he finds them not worth the effort to look up in a dictionary, so he
What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.
There is no access to the building from this direction.
この方向からあの建物へ行く道はない。
He did not so much as turn his head.
彼は顔を振り向けさえしなかった。
He lay on his back.
彼は仰向けに寝転んだ。
Those mountains over there have turned white this morning.
今朝は向こうの山が真っ白になっている。
He left Japan for America.
彼は日本をたってアメリカへ向かった。
The army was advancing in the wrong direction.
軍隊は違う方向に進んでいた。
Reckless driving will lead to an accident.
向こう見ずな運転は、事故を引き起こす。
He left Tokyo for Osaka.
彼は東京を発って大阪へ向かった。
I think most people are better off now than they used to be.
たいていの人は以前よりも暮らし向きがよいと思う。
At last, they met face to face.
ついに彼らは面と向かい合った。
She is in good circumstances with a large fortune.
彼女は莫大な財産を持っていて暮らし向きがよい。
People struggled against poverty.
人々は貧困に向かって奮闘した。
This dictionary is well adapted for beginners.
この辞書はきわめて初心者向きである。
His plane leaves for Hong Kong at 2:00 p.m.
彼の飛行機は午後2時に香港へ向けて出発します。
To be badly off makes life hard to bear.
暮らし向きが悪いと人生は耐え難いものとなる。
It was five days after she graduated that my daughter left Osaka Airport for Germany.
私の娘がドイツに向けて大阪空港を出発したのは彼女が卒業して5日後のことだった。
He's a financial analyst with a pretty good reputation for his analysis of economic trends.
彼は金融アナリストで経済動向の分析には定評がある。
He had his license taken away because of reckless driving.
向こう見ずな運転の為彼は免許を取り上げられた。
His opinion inclines towards the conservative.
彼の意見は保守的傾向を帯びている。
I pray that you will have the best of luck.
最高の運が向きますように祈っています。
Modern methods improved industry.
近代的方法で産業は向上した。
There's a trend these days towards small families.
最近は小家族化の傾向がある。
The trend of public opinion is against corporal punishment.
世論の趨勢は体罰反対の方向である。
The man you see over there is a famous writer.
向こうに見えるのが有名な作家です。
Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet.