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The company is in deficit.
同社は赤字である。
In the English language many words contain letters which are not pronounced.
英語では多くの単語が発音しない文字を含んでいる。
Tom didn't know what Mary's last name was.
トムはメアリーの苗字を知らなかった。
Don't take that too literally.
それをあまり文字どおりに受け取るな。
I deal in facts and figures, not vague impressions.
私の仕事で重要なのは具体的な事実や数字であってあいまいな印象ではない。
Write only your family name in capitals.
姓だけを大文字で書きなさい。
You'll strain your eyes trying to read in this light.
この明かりで字を読もうとすれば目を痛めるよ。
He explained the literal meaning of the sentence.
彼はその文章の文字どおりの意味を説明した。
How do you write your last name?
あなたの苗字はどのように書くのですか?
Oh? You can type without looking at the keyboard. That's cool!
へー、キーボード見ないで文字打てるんだ。スゴイわねー。
What do the letters P.S. stand for?
P.S.という文字は何を表していますか。
We tried to make out the letters written on the wall.
壁に書かれた文字を判読しようとした。
How many letters are there in the alphabet?
アルファベットは何文字ですか。
My surname is Wan.
私の苗字はワンです。
A capital letter is used at the beginning of a sentence.
文の初めには大文字が用いられる。
The Red Cross distributed food to the refugees.
赤十字は難民たちに食糧を配った。
When drawing kanji be careful of dots and sweeps, write as carefully and quickly as possible.
漢字を書くときは点やはらいに気をつけて、なるべく早くていねいに書きましょう。
The figures add up to 230.
数字は合計230となる。
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.
While American methods are often successful, the Japanese educational system that produces the most literate people in the world surely has some lessons to teach the U.S.