Recently my brother in law, artillery major Y, came back from a three year trip in Paris. Surrounded by a great number of souvenirs he had brought back, we heard tales of his travels.
There have always been fashionable faces and expressions which marked an epoch.
ある時代の特徴となる流行の顔と表情というものが、常に存在した。
Silvio Berlusconi is an Italian politician, the current Prime Minister of Italy, as well as a successful entrepreneur.
シルヴィオ・ベルルスコーニはイタリアの政治家、現在のイタリア首相、また成功した実業家。
Honesty doesn't pay under the current tax system.
現在の税制下では正直者が馬鹿を見る。
I will stay here for a short period.
少しの間ここに滞在します。
She's not the woman she was before she got married.
現在の彼女は結婚前の彼女ではない。
Until when are you staying?
いつまでご滞在ですか。
We are concerned about the further actualization of current problems among youth, such as truancy, dislike of school and lack of appropriate character development.
非行、学校嫌い、人格の未発達などの問題が現在以上に顕在化してくることが懸念される。
The current imbalance between supply and demand is considered to reflect structural changes on the demand side, rather than being a cyclical phenomenon.
The physicist was aware of the potential danger of nuclear fusion.
その物理学者は核融合の潜在的な危険性に気づいていた。
She stayed there for a moment.
彼女は少し前に滞在していた。
I'd like to prolong my stay in America.
私はアメリカ滞在の期間を延長したい。
There is no such a thing as a comprehensive textbook.
すべてを網羅した教科書など存在しない。
Its potential influence cannot be overestimated.
その潜在的な影響力はいくら評価してもし過ぎることはない。
He believes in the existence of ghosts.
彼は幽霊の存在を信じている。
The only thing that I know for certain is that I exist.
私が存在していることだけは絶対に確信している。
God exists.
神は存在する。
Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest skyscraper in the world.
ブルジュ・ハリーファは現在、世界で最も高い超高層ビルです。
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.
I say "should", because theses written in the present tense are still seen around and about.
「すべき」というのは、現在形で書かれている論文も散見されるからです。
Do you believe in UFOs?
UFOの存在を信じていますか。
How long will you be here?
どのくらい滞在しますか。
There is no time like the present.
現在にまさる時はない。
The sudden increase of ultraviolet rays made the researchers believe in the existence of ozone holes.
紫外線の急激な上昇は研究者たちにオゾンホールの存在を信じさせた。
Causing competitors to fail, obtaining confidential information, something that big business just can't do without - high risk but at the same time high return work.
It is true that Aristotle distinguishes the tyrant from the king by the fact that the former governs in his own interest, and the latter only for the good of his subjects; but it would follow from Aristotle's distinction that, from the very beginning of t