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It is as if he is carrying his cross all by himself.
彼は一人で十字架を背負っているような物だな。
Thank to a fundamental restructuring, our surplus has swelled threefold.
抜本的に事業の再構築を行ったおかげで、当社の黒字は3倍に膨らんだ。
Add up this column of figures.
この数字の列を合計しなさい。
The company is in deficit.
同社は赤字である。
Four is an unlucky number in Japan.
4は日本では不吉な数字だ。
How do you spell your last name?
あなたの苗字はどのように綴るのですか?
He explained the literal meaning of the sentences.
彼はその文章の文字どおりの意味を説明した。
I took care to make the letters large and be generous with character and line spacing in order for it to be easy to read for the elderly and those who have problems with their sight.
Your composition was good except for the spelling.
君の作文は綴り字以外はよく書けていた。
Do you know whose handwriting this is?
これ誰の字か分かる?
Magazines let writers write what they want and decide how to lay it out afterward, but that magazine prioritizes its design, so it sets a predetermined limit on how many words are in it.
The country is trying hard to make up for her trade deficit.
その国は貿易上の赤字の穴埋めに懸命である。
The company was in the red and went under.
会社は赤字経営で倒産した。
The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident.
刑事はその事件について文字どおり何千もの人たちに尋問した。
The lovers engraved the oak tree with their initials.
恋人たちは自分たちの頭文字をかしの木に刻んだ。
Please ensure you always include a link-back in your replies. ">>" in plain ASCII + number (e.g. >>1).
回答にはアンカーを必ずつけて下さい。半角で ">>"+数字(例: >>1)です。
He is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
彼は、いわば、生き字引だ。
She writes much better now than she used to.
彼女は以前よりずっと上手に字を書く。
A budget deficit must be financed somehow.
赤字は何とか埋め合わせなければならない。
Japan's balance of payments has been running a huge surplus for many years.
日本の国際収支は長年巨額の黒字を続けている。
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?
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