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One of the reasons Twitter is popular in Japan is a characteristic of Japanese itself: Japanese uses ideograms which enable it to convey more information in just 140 characters than other languages, not counting Chinese. Incidentally, the Japanese version
In many languages the way dictionary-form words end is fixed; in Japanese they end in a 'u row' character.
多くの言語で辞書形の語尾が決まっており、日本語ではう段の文字で終わる。
They contributed money to the Red Cross.
彼らは赤十字にお金を寄付した。
Compile an essay on that topic within a fixed number of letters.
それについて、決められた字数以内に作文を纏める。
I am awkward with numbers.
私は、数字を操るのがへたです。
The cuneiform alphabet invented by the Sumerians was used by many languages in the ancient Near East.
シュメール人が発明した楔形文字は、古代オリエントの様々な言語で使用された。
What does this kanji mean?
この漢字はどういう意味ですか。
It's difficult to read kanji.
漢字を読むのは難しいです。
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.
文字はそれが半ば商売、半ば芸術であるとき最高に栄える。
You should not look down on her just because she writes a poor hand.
字が下手というだけで彼女の事を軽蔑するべきではない。
The company is in deficit.
同社は赤字である。
She has beautiful handwriting.
彼女は素晴らしい字を書く。
His writing is impossible to read.
彼の字を読むことは不可能だ。
This large type is easy on the eyes.
この大きな活字は眼に楽だ。
This ought to bring in enough money to put us back in the black.
これで赤字が解消されるんではないでしょうか。
The sign "&" stands for "and".
&のマークはandの文字を表す。
Write the alphabet in capitals.
アルファベットを大文字で書きなさい。
We went into the red last year.
昨年は赤字でした。
The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident.
刑事は文字通り何千人もの人に事件についての聞き込みを行った。
Does anyone know Tom's family name?
誰かトムの名字知らない?
She contributed to the Red Cross.
彼女は赤十字に寄付した。
What's the spelling of your family name?
あなたの苗字はどのように綴るのですか?
Have you ever subscribed to any English language newspaper?
あなたは英字新聞を定期購読したことがありますか。
The first word of every sentence should be capitalized.
文の最初の語はすべて大文字ではじめなければならない。
In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.